REPORT FROM BEIRUT. Around 800 participated in the opening session of AWTTE 2004 including, HE Salaheddine Al-Bashir, Jordan’ s Minister of State and Minister of Justice…
REPORT FROM BEIRUT. Around 800 participated in the opening session of AWTTE 2004 including, HE Salaheddine Al-Bashir, Jordan’ s Minister of State and Minister of Justice, HE Ali Hussein Abdallah, Lebanese Minister of Tourism, HE Bahij Tabbara, Lebanese Minister of Justice, HE Karam Karma, Lebanese Minister of Education and a host of Arab and international ambassadors and representatives of Arab ministries. Among the tourism authorities present last evening were Syria, Iraq, Tunisia, Qatar. Representatives from the WTO, WTTC, Qatar Airways, ESCWA and others also attended the session.
The Conference devoted much of its deliberations to the Arab air transport companies and their role in tourism promotion, the current status and outlook of Arab tourism, promotion polices and the role of large-scale projects in tourism development.
The Exhibition, consisted of about 18 national pavilions, includes 200 companies representing international, regional and local hotel groups, travel and tourism agencies, national, regional and private aviation companies, and land tourism transport companies, in addition to finance and investment institutions.
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was the Exhibition`s guest of honor and will be assigned one of the largest pavilions at AWTTE 2004.
The number of Conference participants reached around 600 people from 20 Arab and international countries.
Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Group and the Lebanese Ministry of Tourism organized AWTTE 2004 Conference and Exhibition in cooperation with Middle East Airlines.
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