Arab Tourism Organization Explores Cooperation with United States

Arab Tourism Organization President Dr. Bandar bin Fahd Al-Fehaid has received at the organization's headquarters in Jeddah U.S. Consul General Dao Le. Al-Fehaid said that discussion with the U.S. consul reviewed ways to enhance cooperation with the American side in various areas of tourism and in exchanging knowledge and expertise. He also said that the visit aimed to promote tourism growth between the two sides and attract investments into the Arab world, which has seen development in the tourism sector in infrastructure, quality of services, promotion, and marketing of tourist destinations. For his part, Dao Le praised the efforts and achievements he observed at the organization's headquarters and the remarkable growth in tourism in Arab countries, especially in Saudi Arabia, which has welcomed over 100 million tourists-an unprecedented achievement regionally and globally. Source: Saudi Press Agency