Expo Centre Sharjah participates in international meeting on ‘economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism in Arab world’

  • Date: 25-Oct-2020
  • Source: Business Live ME
  • Sector:Tourism
  • Country:UAE
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Expo Centre Sharjah participates in international meeting on ‘economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism in Arab world’

(WAM) – Saif Mohammed Al-Midfa, the CEO of Expo Centre Sharjah, underlined that the proactive and early recovery efforts made by the UAE's wise leadership to confront the repercussions of Covid-19 have been an essential factor in the comeback of the tourism, exhibitions, and conferences sector and the acceleration of its recovery.

Al-Midfa made the statement during his participation, representing the Expo Centre, in a joint webinar held recently in Madrid, Spain, by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Casa Árabe under the theme “the Economic impact of COVID-19 on the tourism sector in the Arab world”.

Present at the meeting were Basmah Al-Mayman, Regional Director the Middle East, UNWTO, Raki Phillips, Chief Executive Officer, Ras al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority, UAE, Pedro Martinez Avial, Director General, Casa Árabe, Khalid Al Zadjali,