Pakistan, a country in South Asia, the world’s fifth-most populous country with a population exceeding 212.7 million people by area, it is the 33rd-largest country, spanning 881,913 square kilometers. Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China in the northeast. The geography and climate of Pakistan are extremely diverse, and the country is home to a wide variety of wildlife. Pakistan covers an area of 881,913 km2 approximately equal to the combined land areas of France and the United Kingdom. It is the 33rd-largest nation by total area. Geologically, Pakistan's landscapes vary from plains to deserts, forests, mountains, hills, and plateaus like K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth situated in the central Karakorum National Park in the Karakorum Range. Katpana Desert, the world's highest cold desert, Nanga Parbat, the ninth-highest mountain on Earth, The Deosai Plains are the world's second highest alpine plain is in Himalaya Range. Pakistan is divided into three major geographic areas: the northern highlands, the Indus River plain, and the Baluchistan Plateau. A wide variety of animals live in the mountainous north, including the Marco Polo sheep, the Urial (a subspecies of wild sheep), the markhor goat, the ibex goat, the Asian black bear, and the Himalayan brown bear.
With its diverse cultures, people, and landscapes, Pakistan attracted around 1 million foreign tourists in 2014, contributing PKR 94.8 billion to the country's economy, which represented a significant decline since the 1970s when the country received unprecedented numbers of foreign tourists due to the popular Hippie trail. The trail attracted thousands of Europeans and Americans in the 1960s and 1970s that travelled via land through Turkey and Iran into India through Pakistan. The main destinations of choice for these tourists were the Khyber Pass, Peshawar, Karachi, Lahore, Swat and Rawalpindi. The numbers following the trail declined after the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet–Afghan War. The country continues to attract an estimated 500,000 foreign tourists annually. Pakistan's tourist attractions range from the mangroves in the south to the Himalayan hill stations in the north-east. The country's tourist destinations range from the Buddhist ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Taxila, to the 5,000-year-old cities of the Indus Valley Civilization such as Mohenjo-daro and Harappa. Pakistan is home to several mountain peaks over 7,000 metres.
Gilgit Baltistan district has a territory of 72,496 sq. km with around 2 million populace and lies at extraordinary north of Pakistan. It is circumscribed by China Republic on the north and Central Asian states on the west. Gilgit Baltistan is viewed as the most fabulous area because of its assorted common excellence. Exceptional scenes, evergreen timberlands, cold deserts, snowcapped mountains and incredible social legacy are the attractions. It is a renowned visitor place and has consistently been a heaven for mountain climbers, trekkers and scene cherishing individuals. You can encounter a cool climate over yonder consistently. It is encompassed by most noteworthy pinnacle of the world and is well known for trekking, climbing, boating, outdoors and paragliding. There are many tourist attractions relatively near Gilgit Baltistan: Naltar valley with Naltar Peak, Hunza valley, Nagar valley, Fairy hayfield in Raikot, Shigar town, Skardu ,Khaplu and Hushe valley ,Haramosh valley in Karakoram, Bagrot valley, Deosai national park and central national park and many more national parks.
| Eight-Thousanders | Seven-Thousanders: (101 peaks) |
| K2 (Mount Godwin Austin/Chogori) | Gasherbrum lll |
| Nanga Parbat | Gasherbrum lV |
| Gasherbrum l | Masherbrum (K-1) |
| Broad Peak | Rakaposhi |
| Gasherbrum ll | Spantik peak |
