HE Mr. Zayed bin Rashed Al Zayani, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Chairman of Bahrain Tourism and Exhibition Authority (BTEA), has recently participated in the 47th meeting of the Regional Commission for the Middle East of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) held in Riyadh.
The meeting was chaired by the United Arab Emirates, with the participation of Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General of UNWTO, and a number of Ministers of Tourism in the Middle East and representatives of the member states.
The Minister stressed the importance of the meeting, considering the tremendous changes experienced on the local and regional levels.
He also underlined the prominent role played by the meeting in working closely between the attendees to solve all obstacles experienced by the tourism sector in the Middle East, and develop joint tourism plans to enhance opportunities for growth and development of this vital sector during the coming period.
During the meeting, a number of issues related to tourism were reviewed, including discussing the general work programme for the period 2020-2021, discussing harmonised standards for protocols for the Middle East region, naming the host country for the World Tourism Day for the year 2023 and a number of issues related to tourism in the region.
