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Yemen Tourism Promotion seeks ISO 9001 certification
SANA'A, June 02 (Saba)- Yemen Tourism Promotion Board (YTPB) has signed an agreement on rehabilitation for a certification of the International Standard for Quality Management ISO9001 to ensure continuity and quality of services provided in the field of tourism.
At the signing ceremony, Tourism Minister Nabil al-Faqih confirmed the importance
of rehabilitation and self-development of the tourism sector staff to develop
tourist services
in Yemen.
Al-Faqih said that his ministry is keen to improve the efficiency of the YTPB in
order to provide tourism quality services.
The agreement was signed by the newly appointed Executive Director of the YTPB
Fatima al-Horaiby and Executive Director of the Quality Company Ltd. Ahmed Omar Bin
Mubarak.
The Minister went on to say that the agreement aims to raise the level of the
YTPB's performance and efficiency required for all tourism operations and services.
The YTPB was established in 1999, as a result of a study conducted by the European
commission focused on ways to develop tourism in Yemen.
The study stated that Yemen was very rich in terms of nature and culture tourism.
However, the country was not investing and promoting its tourism resources
efficiently
to attract tourists.
The main task of YTPB is marketing and promoting the Yemeni tourism product
overseas, especially in the main foreign tourism markets for Yemen.
The YTPB supports local festivals that aim to encourage the inbound tourism and
present different tourism products in Yemen to citizens and foreigners.
Deputy Minister for Tourism Development Omar Babelgheth had unveiled Yemen is
planning to build five large resorts and up to 44 hotels across the country over
the next few
years.
In 2009, 1.1 million tourists visited Yemen, with by far most of them from the Gulf
and the remainder from Europe, the US and South East Asia, Yemen has many tourism
attraction
factors, it is very rich in its culture, civilisation and heritage. Babelgheth said
that the tourism sector is seeking to attract 1.5 million tourists a year by 2015
and
bring in revenues of US$2 billion.
The YTPB was participating in 13 travel exhibitions around the world and conducted
roadshows in five major European cities last year.
The tourism sector makes up around 2.5 to three percent of Yemen's economy.
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At the signing ceremony, Tourism Minister Nabil al-Faqih confirmed the importance
of rehabilitation and self-development of the tourism sector staff to develop
tourist services
in Yemen.
Al-Faqih said that his ministry is keen to improve the efficiency of the YTPB in
order to provide tourism quality services.
The agreement was signed by the newly appointed Executive Director of the YTPB
Fatima al-Horaiby and Executive Director of the Quality Company Ltd. Ahmed Omar Bin
Mubarak.
The Minister went on to say that the agreement aims to raise the level of the
YTPB's performance and efficiency required for all tourism operations and services.
The YTPB was established in 1999, as a result of a study conducted by the European
commission focused on ways to develop tourism in Yemen.
The study stated that Yemen was very rich in terms of nature and culture tourism.
However, the country was not investing and promoting its tourism resources
efficiently
to attract tourists.
The main task of YTPB is marketing and promoting the Yemeni tourism product
overseas, especially in the main foreign tourism markets for Yemen.
The YTPB supports local festivals that aim to encourage the inbound tourism and
present different tourism products in Yemen to citizens and foreigners.
Deputy Minister for Tourism Development Omar Babelgheth had unveiled Yemen is
planning to build five large resorts and up to 44 hotels across the country over
the next few
years.
In 2009, 1.1 million tourists visited Yemen, with by far most of them from the Gulf
and the remainder from Europe, the US and South East Asia, Yemen has many tourism
attraction
factors, it is very rich in its culture, civilisation and heritage. Babelgheth said
that the tourism sector is seeking to attract 1.5 million tourists a year by 2015
and
bring in revenues of US$2 billion.
The YTPB was participating in 13 travel exhibitions around the world and conducted
roadshows in five major European cities last year.
The tourism sector makes up around 2.5 to three percent of Yemen's economy.
YA
