'NON-PRESENTATION' MAJOR OBSTACLE TO YEMEN TOURISM BOOM

FRANKFORT, Nov. 02 (Saba) - The Yemeni Europe Tourist Days have
concluded in the last events in Frankfort that came within a 15-day
campaign to promote Yemen tourism in Britain, France, Italy and
Germany.

During the campaign, representatives of European tour and public
relations firms said that non-presentation of Yemen is the major
obstacle facing introducing the country to Europeans, hailing a
recent EU decision affirming full support for Yemen.

Yemen has made major efforts to introduce its tourist products to
Europeans during the campaign, the second since 2007, distributing
about 12000 brochures and booklets presenting Yemen to those who
visited its cultural and tourist tents and events organized in the
four states.

Yemen tourism revenues increased last year by 7 percent, with the
number of those who visited Yemen up from 378361 in 2007 to 404497.

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