ʻO ka Mea Hanohano Ahmed bin Aqil Al-Khateeb, Kuhina Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi o ke Aupuni o Saudi ʻAlapia Ua kamaʻilio pū ʻo ia i ke Komisina ʻĀpana, i mālama ʻia i loko o kahi pule mōʻaukala no ke Aupuni, UNWTO a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka Hikina Waena. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Haʻaheo ʻo Saudi Arabia i ka hana ʻana i kēia hoʻolaha koʻikoʻi, e hana i kahi ala hou i mua no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi Middle East, ʻaʻole wale i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana mai ka maʻi maʻi coronavirus akā i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi moʻomeheu kūloko hou o ka hui pū ʻana a. ka hui ʻana no ka mākaʻikaʻi ma waena o ka Middle East.
E kū'ē i ke kua o ka wehe 'āina o ka hou UNWTO ʻO ke keʻena ʻāpana ma Riyadh nā koho a me nā koho balota i nā hui kānāwai o UNWTO a ua paa pu ko lakou mau hui kokua, e hooko ana UNWTO'o ka ho'okō 'ana i ka protocol i nā manawa pa'akikī. Ua koho ʻia ʻo ʻAigupita e lawelawe ma ke ʻano he luna o ke Komisina Regional no ka Middle East no 2021-23, ma hope o ka United Arab Emirates e pau ana ka makahiki ʻelua i ka wā e hiki mai ana. UNWTO Ahaolelo Nui ma Marrakesh i Okatoba. Eia hou, ua hoʻopuka ke aupuni o Saudi Arabia i kāna moho e hoʻokipa i ka World Tourism Day ke huli ʻo ia i ka Middle East region ma 2023. E noi ʻia nā lālā lālā e hōʻoia i ka moho ma ka General Assembly.
I ka manawa like, UNWTO ke hoʻomau nei i ka holomua ʻana i kahi mea nui ʻē aʻe, e hāpai ana i ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi. Ma Riyadh, UNWTO ua hoʻolaha i kahi hui ʻāina hou me ka World Bank Group a me ka Saudi Ministry of Tourism. E ʻike ʻia kahi Memorandum of Understanding hou i ka hui pū ʻana o nā hui ʻekolu i ka hoʻāla ʻia ʻana o ka Tourism Community Initiative a hana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi World Multi-Donor Trust Fund i hoʻolaʻa wale ʻia i ka mākaʻikaʻi.
UNWTO a ua kakau inoa ke Kuhina o ka Makaikai o Saudi Arabia i aelike e hoonui i ka UNWTO Tourism Online Academy, e hilinaʻi ana i ke kākoʻo o IE University. ʻO ka pahuhopu nui ka hoʻokumu ʻana i 50 mau papa wehe pūnaewele i loaʻa i loko o ʻelima mau ʻōlelo, me nā ʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao alakaʻi e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻike kikoʻī e hoʻomaʻamaʻa a hōʻoia i nā ʻoihana ʻoi aku ma mua o 30,000 ma waena o ka Middle East.
