India, Saudi Arabia discuss tourism collaboration in webinar

India, Saudi Arabia discuss tourism collaboration in webinar

RIYADH "” The Indian missions in Riyadh and Jeddah jointly staged a webinar on Sunday titled "Tourism Collaboration between India and Saudi Arabia" in which stakeholders in the tourism sector from both the countries participated. The Embassy on India in collaboration with Consulate General of India, Jeddah, Ministry of Tourism, government of India, Saudi Tourism Authority (STA), Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI) and Saudi India Business Network (SIBN) organized the virtual discussion. The discussion started with keynote address of Indian Ambassador Dr. Ausaf Sayeed. He outlined the diverse types of tourism opportunities which India offers like adventure tourism, cultural tourism, medical and spiritual tourism along with scenic tourism. The Ambassador also elaborated on the opportunities in Indian medical tourism in terms of AYUSH treatment along with allopathy while underline the traction gained by yoga in the Kingdom as a result of which a MoU for yoga collaboration was signed recently with the Kingdom. He sought facilitation from Saudi authorities to ease the travel ban on India gradually while considering the options of health/vaccination certificates along with other COVID-19 safety protocols. The Ambassador praised Kingdom's effort to boost the tourism sector post pandemic while talking about the recently organized Tourism