Country to Participate in the Forum of Activating the Arab Tourism Work in Sharm Alshiekh

Sudan News Agency (Khartoum)

Khartoum

20 April 2011

Minister of tourism , archaeology and wild life , Dr. Ahmed Babikir Nahar left to Cairo last night to participate in the forum of activating the Arab tourism work in Sharm Alshiekh town in Egypt. Suna points that this forum is held to help in activating the tourism activities in the Arab world specially the current situations which shed its negative impacts on the tourism movement. Also the forum will provide the opportunity for Sudan to view with the Arab organization for tourism the methods of supporting tourism survey in Sudan. It is to mention that the forum will be held under the auspices of the Arab League with the participation of the Arab Tourism ministers and customs besides the Islamic Bank for development , the international tourism organization , the Arab ministers of interiors, presidents of tourism unions and chambers, the major investors in this sector besides the tourism companies and agencies. The forum will review a plan to revive the Arab tourism through the reduction or cancelling of taxes imposed on the tourism sector currently , with presenting mechanisms to facilitate the visas granting systems among the Arab states and activate the media role in tourism development

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