ISLAMABAD: The country earned US $935.172 million by providing different travel services in various countries during the first eleven months of the fiscal year 2022-23. This shows a growth of 86.99 per cent as compared to the US $500.130 million worth same services provided during the corresponding period of the last fiscal year 2021-22, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
During the period under review, personal travel services increased by 86.48 per cent, from US $497.560 million last year to US $927.872 million during July-May 2023. Among the personal services, the exports of health-related expenditure surged by 33.02 per cent to US $4.190 million from US $3.150 million while the education-related expenditure also rose by 3.64 per cent from US $ 10.170 million to US $10.540 million.
Meanwhile, the PBS data revealed that the exports of business services grew by 184.05 per cent, from US$ 2.570 million to US$ 7.300 million. –Agencies
