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STONES SPEAK: Hail’s rock art shows numerous inscriptions covering 10,000 years of history and depicts the daily life of people in the prehistoric period.
Saudi Arabia Visa - Al Khobar: The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has praised the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH) for protecting the country’s heritage.
Taleb Al-Refai, secretary general of the UNWTO,
Saudi women visit the Saudi Travel and Tourism Investment Market (STTIM) fair in the capital Riyadh, in this March 24, 2008 file photo. (AFP). DAMMAM: Further investment in tourist sites across the Kingdom required to attract more tourists and prevent money from going out of the Kingdom during the summer.
Many people from the tourism sector have appealed to businessmen, as there are many sites that need support and infrastructure.
JEDDAH: The Kingdom joined the World Health Organization (WHO) and the rest of the world in marking World No Tobacco Day (WNTD).
The Kingdom’s celebrations this year coincided with significant developments which involved the issuance of a system to ban smoking in the Kingdom, a quantum leap in the efforts made by authorities here to fight this plague invading Saudi society.
RIYADH: Minister of Labor Mufrej Al-Haqabani and ministry officials will hold meetings on the sidelines of the International Labor Organization meeting in Geneva with labor exporting countries to discuss agreements for recruitment of domestic labor.
Tayssir Al-Mofrej, ministry spokesman and director of the media center, said meetings will take place with delegations from Djibouti Kenya and Nepal to finalize terms of agreements in order to expand options for citizens to recruit workers from these countries.
ABHA: The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) has provided 39 shops for craftspeople in Asir. Muhammad Al-Umrah, director general of the SCTA in Asir, told Arab News recently that the shops are in the Abha Al-Jadida, Al-Salam and Al-Dalmon parks.
They would start operating this summer, with an aim to boost tourism in the region.
