[16/February/2008]

HODEIDAH, Feb. 16 (Saba) - Tourism Ministry said that that more than 50 hotels in Hodeidah province had received 31182 Arab and foreign tourists in 2007.

In its annual statistic, the Ministry's bureau in the province pointed that Hodeidah harbor had received 15 tourist ships transported 9582 foreign tourists and 21600 Arab tourists.

The statistic noted that the tourists had visited a number of the Yemeni cities, including the Old City of Sana'a, Mnakha, Zabid and Bit al-Faqih.

MD/YA

Saba