The first of this year’s issue of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer indicates that rising rates of vaccination, combined with easing of travel restrictions due to increased cross-border coordination and protocols, have all helped release pent up demand. 

H.E. Ahmed Al-Khateeb, minister of tourism, Saudi Arabia, on September 16 announced that the establishment of the UNWTO Regional Office for the Middle East in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has been approved by UNWTO executive council members.

STEMMING FROM A RICH YET TURBULENT BACKGROUND, IRAQ, IN A JOINT EFFORT WITH ITS TRAVEL PARTNERS, IS TAKING STRIDES TO