NEWS & INSIGHTS

Annual report of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) reveals total earnings for top Arab countries in 2015. The top 10 Arab countries on the UNTWO annual report represent 3.8 % of the total international tourism revenue of US $1.5 trillion […]

A new report by Alpen Capital reveals ‘immense growth potential’ of the regional hospitality industry, despite a slowdown in 2016. A report by Alpen Capital, an investment banking advisory firm, indicates the GCC hospitality market is expected to grow at […]

Sharjah, UAE – Musafir.com, the UAE’s first premium-experience travel website, announces today a major new partnership with Singapore Tourism Board (Middle East), to raise awareness of Singapore as a compelling leisure destination in the Middle East and drive strong conversion […]

Omran, Oman’s tourism investment arm, has reportedly taken over or acquired stakes in eight companies in the Sultanate to drive development. The organisation revealed to the Times of Oman, through its chief executive James Wilson, that tourism projects being built […]

Construction of North City in Bahrain is set to start after AED374 million ($101 million) funding from Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the UAE’s international development arm. The latest funding agreement will enable the preparation for the land reclamation […]

Azerbaijan has turned into the hot spot destination for GCC tourists with 30 times increase of visitors from UAE and GCC, Arabian Gazette reported, noting that the increase was achieved thanks to the recent simplification of visa obtaining procedure. Given […]

Omran, Oman’s tourism investment arm, has reportedly taken over or acquired stakes in eight companies in the sultanate to drive development. James Wilson, the company’s chief executive, told the Times of Oman, that tourism projects being built in the country […]

Riyadh: The Saudi authorities on Wednesday announced stringent measures against expatriates workers for being absent from work. Foreigners who fail to report to work will be fined SR10,000, deported permanently and barred from returning to Saudi Arabia. The General Directorate […]

KUWAIT: The increasing number of unemployed expatriates poses social and security risks in Kuwait, the parliament’s budgets committee warned in a recent statement. It based its conclusion on official statistics which estimated the number of foreigners in Kuwait without a […]

The Kuwaiti Minister of the Interior (MOI) announced this month that a new online e-visa service is now up and running. The new service is available to nationals of the five other Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the […]

Dubai: There are currently around 314 typing centres in the UAE still authorised to provide the e-form typing service for Emirates ID, after a grace period to meet new standards expired on July 28, the Emirates Identity Authority has said. […]

Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s future energy company, has announced that it had passed the halfway mark in its project to construct a 16.6MW solar power plant network in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Masdar broke ground on the project in December […]