Egypt on Thursday won the seat of presidency for the regional committee of the Middle East at the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) during elections held during the 47th meeting of the committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was also agreed that Egypt would host the meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Middle East in its 48th session scheduled to be held during 2022. Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Anany thanked the UNWTO for electing Egypt to head the regional committee for the Middle East. He praised the Egyptian state’s recent efforts to promote the tourism sector, and all precautionary measures taken to resume tourism to Egypt. The 47th meeting of the Middle East Regional Committee witnessed an agenda full of important topics regarding ways to support the tourism sector’s recovery within the region and for future opportunities.
