A Myanmar delegation led by Deputy Minister for Hotels and Tourism U Phyo Zaw Soe attended the 26th UN Tourism General Assembly held in Saudi Arabia from 7 to 10 November.
Minister for
Tourism of Saudi Arabia Mr Ahmed Al-Khatib led the assembly, and the event
focused on ongoing and completed projects of 2024-2025, human resources and
financial status of UN Tourism, full memberships of 161 countries and joint
members by 497 countries for UN Tourism, approval to appoint Ms Shaikha AI
Nowais from the UAE as secretary general of UN Tourism from 2026 to 2029 and
other tourism related matters.
The Myanmar
delegation also attended another four meetings associated with the general
assembly and observed the ongoing cooperation in promoting the tourism industry
among UN member states.
The
delegation also attended the opening ceremony of the 26th UN Tourism General
Assembly, the 50th anniversary of UN Tourism and the Grand Final of the UN
Tourism Artificial Intelligence Challenge.
The Deputy
Minister and party also attended the TOURISE discussion held by the Ministry of
Tourism of Saudi Arabia from 11 to 13 November at the King Abdulaziz
International Conference Centre, and observed the challenges and hardships of
governments and private sectors in promoting the global tourism industry amid
the ongoing global political, economic, social and technological issues.
During the
general assembly, the deputy minister met with the minister and deputy minister
for Tourism of Saudi Arabia and discussed cooperation between the two countries
and peoples, and the potential to cooperate in the tourism industry.
Similarly,
he met with the officials from industry sectors of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand,
Vietnam, Indonesia, India and Uganda and discussed bilateral cooperation in
tourism, drafting an MoU for bilateral cooperation and market promotion,
signing of approved MoU, extension of expired joint projects, amendment of
prolonged MoU and holding of bilateral coordination meetings.
He also met
ministers and representatives from other countries and discussed tourism
development measures for Myanmar. The 27th UN Tourism General Assembly will be
held in the Dominican Republic in 2027.
MNA/KTZH
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