Our leadership turns UAE into regional, world hub for exhibitions: Lubna

Foreign Trade Minister Lubna Al Qasimi, said the wise vision of the UAE leadership and sound government strategy, have both succeeded in making the UAE regional and international hub for exhibitions and conferences in line with strong economic position occupied by the UAE in the region.
She told Dira' Al Watan Magazine in a statement that the success of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), is a complementary effort and creative strategic planning of the UAE based on the leadership and government conceptions about importance of the exhibition industry, its role in activating national economy and non oil sectors, as well as boosting local companies to develop their technology and role of private sector in comprehensive development.
Lubna noted the UAE's geographic location, its economic and services' status, makes an attractive hub for hosting international exhibitions and conferences, adding that the has 75 per cent of land areas allocated for the exhibitions in the Gulf - this makes the UAE top country in the Gulf in regard to diversification of non oil exports and drop in oil contribution percentage to the GDP as per the statistics of foreign trade in 2008 issued by the World Trade Organisation. – Emirates News Agency, WAM