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After his successful visit to Rwanda, King Mohammed VI started Sunday an official visit to Tanzania, 2nd leg of an African tour that will lead the Sovereign also to Ethiopia. This important trip to Eastern Africa aims to give a Read more
King Mohammed VI, Portugal’s President Hold Talks in Casablanca King Mohammed VI held, on Monday at the Royal Palace in Casablanca, tête-à-tête talks with Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, arrived earlier in the day on an official visit to Read more
After months of claiming that investigations did not find any foul play concerning the Russian airplane that was downed over the Sinai desert shortly after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheikh airport on October 31, Egypt hinted without clearly stating it that Read more
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began serving his 19-month prison sentence at Ramle’s Ma’asiyahu Prison Monday, following his condemnation by a court on two separate wrongdoings. Olmert has been handed in 2014 a 19-month imprisonment sentence over his involvement Read more
Oman is aiming to become a major tourist destination as it continues to harness positive results under its 2015-2040 tourism strategy with an investment worth $35 billion. Muscat is trying to boost its international profile and it has been slowly Read more
Bahrain will shortly become a distribution point for Russian LNG after completion of its $600 million LNG distribution center. An agreement to this end has been reached with Gazprom during King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa’s current working visit to Read more
Stakeholders in the Egyptian tourism industry would be concerned about its revival after President Vladimir Putin’s chief of staff, Segei Ivanov, told reporters in Helsinki, Finland, that Russian flights will not be heading to the north African country anytime soon Read more
Tunisia’s central bank, for the first time since the end of the Ben Ali regime, has cut interest rate by 0.50% because inflation has dropped. It hopes that the decision will contribute to reviving economy and attracting foreign investment. A Read more
Tunisian government will willy-nilly lay off thousands of its hotel staff as Tunisia’s tourism industry continues sliding into difficult situation with 70 hotels already out of business since September and many more to follow suit soon, a tourism industry official Read more
Arab Tourism Organization (ATO) is holding an exceptional regional forum in the city of Taif Tuesday to develop a joint strategy for security training that will help address security concerns impeding the tourism industry in the Arab world. The three-day Read more