Saudi Arabia promotes various tourism products such as tourism

He said: Egypt must for us enjoy a unique tourist depth

Ahmed bin Aqeel Al Khatib, chairman of the board of directors of the National Authority of Tourism and National Heritage, said that Saudi Arabia was beginning to promote various tourism products, such as cultural and cultural tourism. Adventure tourism, during his meeting with the Egyptian Minister of Tourism, Rania Al Mashat, wishing to take advantage of the Egyptian experience. These areas.

Al-Khatib expressed his happiness in Egypt, pointing out that the Saudi people still want to travel to Egypt and enjoy its unique tourist attractions.

The meeting discussed the possibility of cooperation between the two countries and an exchange of experiences in the field of sustainable tourism development through the preservation of the environment and heritage cultural identity, strengthening of cultural identity and community development, as well as in the field of tourism statistics.

For her part, the Egyptian Minister of Tourism, Rania Al-Mashat, stressed the depth of relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia in all areas, adding that Egypt still welcomed the brothers Arab.

During the meeting, they discussed aspects of tourism cooperation between the two countries and the activation of bilateral tourism between them.

She highlighted the remarkable improvement in the number of incoming tourists to Egypt, citing the report of the World Council of Tourism and Travel, according to which tourism in Egypt was booming in 2018 and became the country of Africa North, which had the fastest growth, with a growth rate of 16.5%, which is well above average. World growth of 3.9%.

Rania Al Mashat said the Arab market is one of Egypt's largest tourism-exporting markets, accounting for 30 percent of incoming tourism, confirming that Saudi Arabia is at the head of these markets. markets.