Over 1 million tourists visit Yemen in 2009

SANA'A, Aug. 29 (Saba) - Roughly 1.2
million tourists form different nationalities have visited Yemen during 2009,
Tourism Promotion
Council (TPC) said on Sunday.
The TPC Executive Director Fatima al-Huraibi said that the number of the Yemeni
tourists have reached 592,000 people in the same year.
She made reference to a tourism promotion plan the council is working on, saying
that the plan aims to improve the Yemeni airports and to prepare joint cooperation
plans
with a number of airline companies in addition to taking part in international
exhibitions or shooting tourist flashes on the Yemeni tourist components via media
outlets.
The council is preparing currently for a tourist investment conference expected to
be held next December to set up a new strategy for the tourist sector in Yemen,
al-Huraibi
said.
TD/AF