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Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Chairman of the General Authority for Tourism and Antiquities, revealed that nearly 10,000 violations were monitored in hotels during the past years and taken against them, including hotels owned by the government, and said: ”I myself monitored some violations in some hotels and action was taken against them firmly.”

This came during his presentation of the Commission's report before the Shura Council today at its forty-fifth regular session, chaired by the Speaker of the Council, Sheikh Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Sheikh.

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The progress of the tourism sector

<At the beginning of his speech, Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz extended his thanks and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for his unlimited support for the work of the Authority and his continuous patronage of its projects. He also extended his thanks and appreciation to the Shura Council, praising its active role and its tangible contribution in the development of the whole country in various fields, including in particular its support and standing by the General Authority for Tourism and Antiquities through the projects it submits, ”We in the Authority have benefited greatly from the observations and recommendations of the Council, which were important and positive and had an effective and influential role in the competence of the Authority, which was reflected in its work and what it does and the work and achievements it provides.”

His Highness indicated that his meeting in the Shura Council is the second meeting, five years after the first meeting, and this meeting is a continuation of this cooperation and integration between the Authority and the Council in order to achieve what is desired and hoped for the tourism sector in our country.

His Highness welcomed questions from the audience. <His Highness welcomed the members” questions, stressing his keenness to ensure that the questions are direct and critical of the Authority's work in order to reach the desired goal. His Highness the President of the General Authority for Tourism and Antiquities praised the continuous progress and development of the tourism sector, starting with the acceptance of citizens and their great impulse towards domestic tourism, indicating that the citizen has become aware of the importance of tourism in his homeland and this opened the door for criticism presented to us through the media, as we consider this as a motivation for the Authority to move towards improving and developing tourism projects.

His Highness stressed that the Authority has been able to improve and develop tourism projects. His Highness emphasized that the Authority is able to capture a large amount of the citizen's time in domestic tourism through planning that focuses on the principle of trying to keep the citizen in his country and get to know it and not on what he pays in other countries” economies.

His Highness stressed that the Authority is able to capture a large amount of the citizen's time in domestic tourism.

Job opportunities for Saudis

Prince Sultan bin Salman revealed that the tourism sector is the second largest economic sector in the Kingdom in terms of providing job opportunities and Saudization of jobs, as it provided more than one million job opportunities for Saudis who are a serious and practical example through our experiences in working with them, where we saw the demand from serious young people to work in this emerging sector, indicating that according to the assurances of labor officials that the sector will be the best sector ever in providing job opportunities.

His Highness explained that the Authority succeeded in conducting an experiment that was praised by specialists at the World Bank, as confirmed by many of their studies, which is our experience in establishing partnership agreements with various government agencies and institutions and the private sector, where the number of partnership agreements that were signed reached 88 agreements, which we were able to manage through follow-up and negotiations, and we worked to take a number of officials in government agencies to educational trips in various fields such as development of tourism events and urban heritage,

His Highness said His Highness said that through continuous and diligent work, we in the Tourism Authority have been able to move from the stage of urban heritage that is in danger of collapse to urban heritage that can flourish, and we are now working on hundreds of heritage sites that if we had the appropriate financial resources, we would have achieved much more than what has been achieved.

His Excellency the Assistant to the President of the Council of Tourism said that we have been able to take a number of government officials on educational trips in various fields such as development and development of tourism and urban heritage events. His Excellency the Assistant Speaker of the Shura Council then answered a number of questions that began with questions submitted by citizens that were received by the Economic Affairs and Energy Committee.

Tourism companies

”Work is underway to establish a government holding company owned by the Public Investment Fund to deliver services to new tourist areas,” HH The Amir said, noting that the authority is ready to present six new tourist sites that the company can start as soon as it is launched.

HHH The Amir revealed that the authority is ready to present six new tourist sites that the company can start as soon as it is launched. His Highness the President of the General Authority for Tourism and Antiquities revealed that he will soon sign the minutes of developing Taif Governorate as a tourist area, in addition to similar plans for Farasan Island.

10,000 violations

His Highness said: The Authority is working to accelerate the establishment of professional associations for tourism sectors such as accommodation, travel, tour operators and guides, as well as in the aspect of exhibitions and conferences.

In response to a question regarding the control of hotels, he explained that nearly 10,000 violations have been monitored in hotels during the past years and regular measures were taken against them, including hotels owned by the government, "I myself monitored some violations in some hotels and action was taken against them firmly."

His Highness said.