31 May 2016
Muscat - The Sultanate of Oman will be participating in the GCC tourism summit of 2016 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh. The summit will be held on the 1st and 2nd of June 2016. The summit will increase the efforts to promote tourism in the GCC and enhance the role of the private sector while promoting the unique tourism destinations in the GCC. The delegations will also discuss the administrative and organizational aspects of the GCC tourism destination project.

H.E Maitha Saif Majid Al Mahrouqi, , Undersecretary in the Ministry of Tourism (MoT).will be heading the Omani delegation to the summit, accompanied by the head of the International Cooperation Department, Adnan Saleh Al Hammadi.

The summit will build on last year's discussions and decisions which were held in the GCC tourism summit in the Kingdom of Qatar.

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