Sharjah Commerce and also Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) together with the National Council for Tourism as well as Antiquities hosted the 18th session of the Arab Ministerial Council for Tourism in Sharjah. The high level meeting was held for the first time in the UAE, from December 15 to 17 at the Radisson Blu Resort Sharjah.

Speaking on the occasion, HE Khalid Jasim Al Midfa, Chairman of SCTDA, said the support and also assistance of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan container Mohammed Al Qasimi has actually been the most significant encouraging aspect for Sharjah's tourism industry in its growth path. Under the visionary direction of His Highness, Sharjah has actually been advertised as one of the leading destinations for tourism and also culture in the region and the globe, HE Al Midfa stated.

The meeting, which was kept in Sharjah this year adhering to the acknowledgment of the emirate as the Arab Tourism Capital for 2015, witnessed the participation of Arab tourist priests and also agents of various tourist organisations in addition to media from Arab nations.

Inviting the delegates from different countries, HE Al Midfa said Sharjah intends to benefit from this top-level tourism platform to talk about possibilities as well as difficulties of the tourism sector in the Arab area as well as explore potential customers of joint cooperation between the nations in the area and also share encounters in the field of tourism.

He said the Authority, through the Arab Ministerial Council for Tourism, is eager to communicate to the getting involved delegations its sustained initiatives to create the tourist industry infrastructure in Sharjah, driven by the Sharjah Tourism Vision 2021 which was introduced in mid of this year and also intends to draw in 10 million travelers to the emirate within five years. The Authority will likewise educate the individuals the Vision Developments and also essential initiatives and programmes released as part of the Vision.

The list of getting involved delegations included the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Yemen, Mauritania, Lebanon, Qatar, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Egypt, as well as Morocco.

The Arab Ministerial Council for Tourism also got reps from the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States, the Arab Organization for Tourism, Arab Academy for Science and Technology and also Maritime Transport, the World Tourism Organization, the Arab Interior Ministers Council, Transport and also Tourism Management, and the Arab Union of Land Transport.

The meeting discussed the developments in the tourist industry in the Arab nations, as well as clarified the challenges and also possible remedies for the development of the industry. The conference also held special sessions for delegations, as well as organised a traveler high quality award occasion to acknowledge companies providing superior services.

The Arab Ministerial Council for Tourism was established under the umbrella of the Arab Organization, and includes preachers accountable of tourism affairs in Arab nations. The Council intends to work on the development of the tourist market in the Arab countries to raise the level of its payment to the overall lasting, financial, social as well as human, cultural, instructional and environment advancement.