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Sustainable Tourism Foundation Pakistan (STFP) organized a Plenaire Painting trip to Rohtas Fort from November 26 to 28. Rohtas Fort is a world heritage site located at a distance of around 115 km from Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan.

At least 10 artists from different cities of Pakistan participated in this event and each of them produced at least two to three paintings for exhibition and sale for fund raising to support the local community of women heritage crafts enterprise at Rohtas Fort which STFP has established to engage local women in heritage conservation and responsible heritage tourism. These artists also engaged local school girls in painting activity during their stay at Rohtas for three days.

STFP is working with local community of Rohtas Fort to promote responsible community based heritage tourism with the support of UNESCO Pakistan.