Saudi Arabia is hosting the meetings of the Executive Office and the Arab Ministerial Council for Tourism in its 22nd session in Al-Ahsa, the Arab Tourism Capital for 2019, under the supervision of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, from 21 to 23 December.
The Arab Tourism Organization is taking part with a delegation headed by Dr. Bandar bin Fahd Al-Fuhaid in the meetings of the Executive Office in its 25th session and the Arab Ministerial Council for Tourism in its 22nd session in Al-Ahsa, the Arab Tourism Capital for 2019, where Saudi Arabia will take over the session's presidency from the Arab Republic of Egypt.
The Saudi Press Agency quoted Dr. Al-Fuhaid as saying the meeting's agenda will include many topics concerning Arab tourism affairs, including:
1. Reviewing the report and resolutions of the second joint meeting of ministers of tourism and culture in Arab countries.
2. Reviewing the updated draft of the Arab Tourism Strategy document submitted by Egypt's Ministry of Tourism.
3. Reviewing the action plan submitted by the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority to activate the tourism information and statistics pillar in support of the Arab Tourism Strategy, support for Palestine in the tourism sector, and the results and recommendations of the Accessible Tourism Forum in the Arab Region held in Egypt.
4. Reviewing a paper submitted by the Council of Arab Interior Ministers on tourism security challenges and mechanisms for confronting them.
5. Raising several important topics for discussion during the meeting to serve the tourism sector across the Arab world, such as holding an Arab economic forum concerned with tourism on the sidelines of each session of the council, to present Arab tourism experiences in order to transfer expertise and benefit from applying them among Arab countries.
6. Presenting the recommendations of the second Arab Tourism Security Forum, recently held in Al-Ahsa, the Arab Tourism Capital, under the patronage and in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Emir of the Eastern Province.
7. Presenting the updated criteria for the Arab Tourism Capital, and giving a presentation, in cooperation with the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, on all the events and programs held in Al-Ahsa during its tenure as Arab Tourism Capital for 2019.
Al-Fuhaid said that at the end of the meeting, members of the Executive Office of the Arab Ministerial Council for Tourism will be elected for 2020-2021, and the date and venue of the 23rd session of the Arab Ministerial Council for Tourism and the 27th session of its Executive Office in 2020 will be agreed upon. He stressed that the Arab Tourism Organization is keen to support, develop and grow Arab tourism investments by removing all the difficulties and obstacles they face, as it recently established the Tourism Arbitration Center, whose members include a select group of legal figures from across the Arab world, to resolve any problems facing these investments.
