[19/January/2010]

SANA'A, Jan. 19 (Saba) - Tourism Ministry and the Arab Tourism Organization have held the first session of official talks over boosting common cooperation between the ministry and
organization .

The talks session, which was chaired on Tuesday by Tourism Minster Nabil al-Faqih and head of the organization Bandar Bin Fahd Aal-Fuheid focused on and reviewed issues relating to developing
tourism fields of Yemen and the inter-Arab tourism .

During the meeting, Arab Council for Crises Management in Sana'a was approved to be established as well as the membership of the executive office of the Council which is consisted of Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria and Lebanon.

The meeting also has chosen 3D Media Company to cover the activities of the Arab Tourism Investment Forum which is expected to be held in Sana'a in 2010.

The project of International Academy of Hospitality and Hotel Management which is to be established in Yemen was also in the meeting agenda.

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Saba