Dubai ruler remembers facing laughter when he proposed transforming the UAE into a tourism destination
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Middle East tourism sees strongest pandemic bounce back: UNWTO
Middle East tourism could be back to pre-Covid levels in 2023
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Global tourism reached around 70% of the pre-pandemic levels, says UN travel body
The travel body, however, said innovative and urgent measures needed to develop the sector further as “the window of opportunity will not stay open forever”
eco-tourism
Can sustainability be a revenue driver for hospitality?
Sustainability now greatly influences people’s lifestyle choices and how they behave
Saudi ministry of tourism
Saudi Arabia pledges $100m to World Bank tourism fund
Tourism Community Initiative is a fund which aims to raise a total of $500 million in its five-year first phase
Ahmed Al Khateeb
Saudi Arabia at centre of regional tourism push as UNWTO opens Riyadh office
The first United Nations World Tourism Organisation regional office officially opens on Thursday
Cleartrip
Indian tourists eyeing Middle East destinations
Spending on international travel amounted to about $1.6 billion in Q2 2019
Dubai
Revealed: the importance of Dubai to Middle East tourism
Dubai’s international tourism receipts make up nearly a third of the Middle East total in 2017 – report