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PRINCE
KHALED AL-FAISAL, THE GOVERNOR OF ASIR REGION, OPENED HERE ON TUESDAY
EVENING A SEMINAR ENTITLED 'THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TOURISM.'
DURING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SEMINAR, PRINCE SULTAN BIN SALMAN, THE
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE TOURISM HIGHER COMMISSION, DELIVERED A
LECTURE ENTITLED 'THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
DEVELOPING THE TOURISM SECTOR IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA.'
IN HIS LECTURE, PRINCE SULTAN UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING
THE TOURISM SECTOR IN THE LIGHT OF CHALLENGES AND PRESSURES FACING THE
SAUDI ECONOMY.
'THE CHALLENGES REPRESENT IN FINDING MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN VIEW OF
THE KINGDOM'S GROWING POPULATION, IN DEVELOPING ITS VARIOUS REGIONS ON
A BALANCED TRACK IN THE FACE OF MIGRATION FROM THE RURAL AREAS TO
CITIES AND IN REDUCING THE SEEPAGE OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY WHICH
RESULTED FROM SAUDIS TRAVELING ABROAD,' HE EXPLAINED.
THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEMINAR WAS ATTENDED BY PRINCE SULTAN BIN
SALMAN, THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE TOURISM HIGHER COMMISSION, A
NUMBER OF SENIOR OFFICIALS AND BUSINESSMEN AND TOURISM EXPERTS FROM
THE KINGDOM AND ABROAD.
PRINCE BANDAR BIN SAUD BIN KHALED, THE HEAD OF TRUSTEES COUNCIL OF
PRINCE SULTAN COLLEGE FOR TOURISM AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCED THE
OPENING OF A COLLEGE BRANCH IN THE EASTERN REGION IN 2002.
THE THREE-DAY SEMINAR IS ORGANIZED BY PRINCE SULTAN COLLEGE FOR
TOURISM AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT
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