1st Tourism Forum of Islamic countries concluded

Jeddah, 31 Oct 07

The 1st Tourism Forum of Islamic countries titled "Towards Tourist Integration among Islamic Countries'' organized by the commission in cooperation with Organization of Islamic Conference concluded its activities here today.

The forum was patronized by Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Minister of Interior and Chairman of Board of Directors of Supreme Commission for Tourism.

During the meetings, the Supreme Commission for Tourism presented a working paper on the role of tourism in development of economic cooperation between Islamic countries.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Hajj presented a working paper on coordination between the activities of Hajj and Umrah (Minor Hajj) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.