NEWS
News
Gulf Air conducts emergency response exercise
Bahrain national carrier Gulf Air successfully conducted an emergency response exercise at...
January 17th, 2019
Bahrain seeks to attract more tourists
Bahrain is looking to boost visitor numbers to the kingdom by launching direct flights to...
January 17th, 2019
News
Hyatt Regency opens in Kuwait
A new Hyatt Regency hotel has opened in Kuwait, marking the reintroduction of the Hyatt Re...
January 7th, 2019
More than 2.5m Umrah visas issued so far
The number of Umrah visas issued this year has reached 2,555,201, of which 2,183,031 pilgr...
January 7th, 2019
News
Saudi PIF plans to build giant leisure complex in Riyadh
A new entertainment complex is being planned for the Saudi Arabian capital city Riyadh as...
January 4th, 2019
Ascott to launch new hotel in Dubai
The Ascott Limited (Ascott) is looking to open a new hotel in the Culture Village in Dubai...
January 4th, 2019
News
Emirates’ passengers surpass 59m in 2018
Emirates announced that the number of its passengers reached as much as 59 million in 2018...
January 2nd, 2019
India’s $1bn hospitality startup eyes expansion in Saudi Arabia, UAE
OYO, an Indian unicorn hospitality startup, is planning to foray into Saudi Arabia, along...
January 2nd, 2019
ANALYSIS
Analysis
Will Saudi mega project in the Red Sea affect Egypt’s tourism?
Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday the launch of an international tourism mega-project dubbed ...
August 3rd, 2017
Analysis
651,708 tourists visit Morocco in January 2017
Approximately 651,708 tourists have visited Morocco in the first month of 2017, an increas...
March 24th, 2017
Analysis
‘Despite rise in number of visitors, last year’s tourism revenues similar to 2015’
While 2016 registered advancements in several tourism indicators, authorities this year pl...
January 17th, 2017
Analysis
Agadir explores new markets to optimize tourist flows
Agadir, Morocco’s second tourist city relies primarily on the national market, Russia and...
August 19th, 2016
REPORTS
Tunisia: Tourism & Hotels November 2018
Tourism and hospitality are vital to the Tunisian economy. Instability in recent years has posed signi cant challenges but the sector appears to be on the road to recovery. In…
FDI
MENA FDI July 2017
Even by the tumultuous standards of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the past few years have been remarkably violent and destructive. The Syrian and Libyan economies have…