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Travelers around the world clients of US travel firm Tripadvisor have nominated Dubai the most popular destination in 2022. The UAE’s emirate and city won Wednesday the Tripadvisor’s first Travellers’ Choice Awards for Destinations – The Best of the Best Read more
Tourism Development Fund (TDF), Saudi Arabia’s fund for tourism development, has agreed with investment solutions firm Derayah Financial to establish a SR100 million ($26 million) private close-ended equity fund – first private equity fund focused on tourism, reports say. The Read more
About 8,500 new hotels keys will be added to Egypt’s hospitality sector for a total investment of about $635 million, reports say. The figure represents an increase by 50 per cent compared to this year new hotel room construction. 5,550 Read more
The Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh on the Red Sea welcomed Sunday the first flight of British tourists to the resort since more than a year’s suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic. 150 passengers touched down Saturday at the Read more
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has banned serving ministers from heading boards of companies or being members unless directed by the head of the Cabinet as the Gulf country seeks to limit conflict of interest in companies and improve governance. Read more
Abu Dhabi emirate said it will resume welcoming cruise liners from September 1st after months of the suspension owing to the pandemic. The Department of Culture and Tourism of the emirate, DCT, Arab News notes, indicated that it is in Read more
Stakeholders in Turkey’s tourism sector have welcomed Russia’s decision for full scale flights between the two countries to resume on June 22 after three months over fear of contamination to Covid-19. Moscow reports say, made the decision Friday following a Read more
Saudi Arabia will “very soon” open its borders for foreign tourists as the kingdom sets conditions to enter the country. The kingdom on Sunday indicated that non-citizens arriving from certain countries and who were fully vaccinated against or recently recovered Read more
Egypt is expecting to generate between $6 billion and $7 billion in terms of tourism revenues this year as direct flights between the Arab republic and Russia are set to resume “soon”. Deputy tourism minister Ghada Shalaby in a statement Read more
Turkey and Azerbaijan have abolished visa requirements for travel between the two countries and the measure will take effect April 1st. Citizens from the two countries crossing respective borders, will be able to do so without needing their passports, using Read more