Assessing the Impact of Sustainable Structural Interventions on Visitor Experience and Archaeological Tourism at Wazir Khan Mosque, Lahore

Abstract

The main goal of this study is to look at how sustainable changes at Wazir Khan Mosque affect people who visit and tourism related to buildings. Wazir Khan Mosque is an important old site from the Mughal era but it has a lot of problems like the environment getting worse the building falling apart and too many visitors. This study wants to find out how to keep the site authentic and make visitors happy which can help with tourism. To do this the study used a method where numbers are used to analyze data and information was collected from visitors using a set of questions that everyone answers the way with 120 people taking part. The information was looked at using a computer program called Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The results show that using methods like old building materials, special architectural features making it easy for people to get around and managing visitors well makes visitors very happy and interested. These changes also help keep the site authentic and make visitors like it more so they want to come. The study found that using methods and managing tourism well helps keep old sites safe and makes the experience better for visitors. This gives ideas to people who make decisions and plan tourism for old sites, in the Walled City of Lahore showing that it is very important to think about the environment, culture and social aspects all together.