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Sami Mahmoud, chairman of the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority, will open today, on behalf of Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou, the 17th International Forum for Arab Tourism and Umrah at 5 p.m. today, Thursday, at the "InterContinental City Stars" hotel in Cairo. The forum is organized by the Arab International Company for Exhibitions and Conferences in cooperation with Asfar for exhibition organization and management "Dubai", with the participation of major Saudi and Arab companies and hotels operating in travel and tourism, Umrah, aviation and transport.
For his part, Sami Mahmoud stressed the importance of the forum, which comes as part of the authority's strategy to promote Arab tourism, as well as to shed light on the latest developments in the tourism sector and to exchange expertise among the owners and organizers of this important industry, which is one of the most important sources of national income for many countries. He expected the forum to attract the largest number of visitors from various Arab tourism companies, land and sea transport companies and hotels.
It is worth noting that the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority took part for four consecutive years in the forum held in the Kingdom of Morocco, in the presence of the Egyptian ambassador, tour operators, media representatives, and senior officials and VIPs in Morocco. It also took part last year in the forum held in the Emirate of Dubai.
