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Tourism Ministry to Establish Company to Manage its Hotels and Tourist Facilities
[SANA] Tourism Minister Hala al-Nasser said that her Ministry intends to establish a national company for managing its hotels and tourist facilities which had been managed by foreign companies before, and that it needs an investor capable of covering the financial expense.
Syrian tourist facilities? Oh, Mom! Take me there!
You mean I really could have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest in your tourism industry, with you managing it all? Wow!! I gotta call my broker right now.
During a meeting with representatives of vocational and trade unions, al-Nasser said that it received several offers from investors but it hopes that its partner in the aforementioned endeavor could be one of the unions.

She stressed the need for cooperation between the Ministry and unions and employing national expertise and skills to alleviate the effects of the crisis on the tourism sector in Syria and use local investment to provide services that suit the current circumstances.

Al-Nasser also called for establishing new tourist projects on strong bases and revising existing contracts with foreign companies.
Posted by: Fred 2013-01-29
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