Muscat, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 23rd May, 2024) The Minister of Tourism and Chairman of the Executive Council of UNWTO, Ahmed bin Aqeel Al-Khateeb, participated in the Investing in Tourism: Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Financing Conference, themed Effective Partnerships in Financing the Tourism Sector. The conference took place during the 50th meeting of the Regional Committee for the middle East in Muscat.
During a dialogue session at the conference, the minister emphasized that Saudi Arabia is collaborating with UNWTO member states in the Middle East to develop the region’s tourism sector, given its global significance. He highlighted that the Middle East possesses the necessary resources for successful investment in the tourism sector and has the potential to become one of the world‘s top tourist destinations, offering everything that global tourists seek.
Al-Khateeb pointed out that Saudi Arabia has begun developing its tourism sector as part…