Abu Dhabi

The Arab Federation for the Digital Economy, a member of the Executive Office of the Forum of Specific and Specialized Arab Federations at the League of Arab States, held a coordination meeting with the Arab Tourism Organization at the League of Arab States, to discuss ways of cooperation in achieving the goals of digital transformation in the tourism sector in the Arab region.

The meeting was attended by His Excellency Minister Sherif Fathi Attia, Secretary-General of the Arab Tourism Organization, His Excellency Ambassador Mohamed Khair Abdel Qader, Secretary-General of the Arab Federation for the Digital Economy, and Dr. Ayman Mukhtar Ghoneim, Secretary General of the Arab Federation for the Digital Economy, and representatives of both sides.

The meeting discussed the preparation of a project to digitize tourism destinations in the Arab region, which serves the common aspirations towards enhancing tourism as an engine for economic development. The initiative of the Arab Tourism Organization was adopted, which relates to the comprehensiveness of contemporary Arab tourist destinations, with the aim of confronting the increasing intensity of competition by developing tourist destinations in Arab countries by presenting… Shedding light on the foundations and standards of quality and how to benefit from these destinations to achieve competitiveness with developed tourism countries through the integration of technology and smart planning of cities and tourist destinations to achieve sustainability and economic development.