Important discoveries out of Egypt have again been flooding the news networks worldwide as archaeologists continue to explore beneath the sands of the Saqqara necropolis near Cairo, which is home to temples, burial grounds, and pyramids of the once-mighty ancient empire. Over the last year, …
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UAE requests, BIE Exec. Cmte. recommends postponement of Expo 2020 Dubai
Following a request from the government of the United Arab Emirates to reschedule Expo 2020 Dubai, the Executive Committee of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), which oversees world expo events, has voted unanimously to recommend that the event be postponed until 2021. The final …
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Millions of tourism sector jobs in jeopardy as COVID-19 proliferates globally
The annual global summit of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) had been planned for 21-23 April in Cancun, Mexico, but that too has now been postponed amid worldwide travel bans, border closures, and mass flight cancellations due to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The …
We stand in solidarity with governments, countries, and organisations which are being affected by Covid-19. - Gloria Guevara, president and CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council

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Neom: The Future of Mega Resorts or a Desert Mirage?
Flying cars. Robotic dinosaurs. Holographic educators. An artificial moon. These are just a few of the things that are being touted as elements of Neom, Saudi Arabia's planned futuristic mega resort on the Red Sea. But is all of this Neom talk just well-financed hype designed to draw headlines, peak investors' curiosity, and induce FOMO? Or are we seeing in Neom a glimpse into the future of harmonious living, commerce, and tourism led by Saudi Arabia, a previously unforeseen but potential global leader in each of these areas? According to it's flashy website (which tries so hard to be …
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Neom is all about things that are necessarily future-oriented and visionary. - Neom Chief Executive Nadhmi al Nasr
