YEMEN PARTAKING IN MILAN BOURSE TOURIST FAIR

SANA'A, Feb. 16 (Saba) - Yemen is taking part in the International Milan Bourse Tourist Fair, being held in the Italian city Milan on 16 – 25 February.

About 36,000 tourist and travel companies, agencies and restaurants representing 152 Arab and foreign countries, including Yemen, are participating in the fair, Minister of Tourism and head of the Yemeni delegation Nabil al-Faqih said upon his departure.

Yemen's participation in the fair comes in the framework of Yemen's plan to widen its participation in the external international tourist events, connect with national and international tourist companies and agencies and to show the Yemeni tourist products in a way that could assist in increasing the number of the arrival tourists in the coming season.

Yemen has broadened its representative offices in the European and Asian tourist markets and its participation in the international and regional tourist exhibition reaching 12 exhibitions, al-Faqih said.

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