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Women resort to handicrafts for a living amid deteriorating living conditions
Handicrafts are no longer exclusive to men, as women in the coastal city of Aden to dive into this line of work due to the deteriorating living conditions as a result of the war and poor economic situation.
Women are making perfumes and…
Citizens complain of high cost of transportation after rise in fuel prices
Citizens complain of the rise in the cost of public transport and fuel in Tunisia, after the Ministry of Transport announced on Thursday its decision to amend public transport tariffs.
The Ministry of Transport announced Thursday its…
International Cities Remain the Backbone of Global Travel & Tourism Latest WTTC report shows…
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) launched its Cities Economic Impact Report (EIR) at the 22nd Global Summit in Riyadh today. Sponsored by Visa, the report shows cities remain the powerhouses of global…
Global Tourism Leaders Leave Riyadh’s WTTC Summit with Renewed Optimism for Future of Sector
• 55 Government Ministers, 250 Tourism CEOs and 60 Ambassadors meet in Riyadh
• 3-day Summit Attracts nearly 3000 delegates from 140 countries
• Sustainability, Communities, Technology and Unlocking Potential Dominate Debate
The…
Sustainability ‘superpower’ Saudi Arabia to lead clean energy revolution, says expert at Riyadh’s…
• Author Jeffrey Sachs: Tourism can change the world by being ‘green and clean’
• UN’s Patricia Espinosa: We need ‘unity of purpose’ to tackle climate crisis
Saudi Arabia can become a solar energy “superpower” that drives a global…
Smuggled and counterfeit medicines silently killing Yemenis
Yemen is witnessing a wide spread of ineffective and expired smuggled medicines that violate manufacturing standards, cause health damage, and worsen the condition of patients or lead to their death.
Director General of the Supreme…
“Resistance to Normalization” tops the agenda of World Social Forum in Tunisia
The second session of the "World Social Forum" was held today Thursday in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, after a ten-year hiatus.
The forum brings together activists and trade unionists from around the world to discuss critical human rights…
The tragedy of child labor in Iraq amid inability to enforce laws
Child labor in Iraq has skyrocketed to what the Iraqi Ministry of Labor has described as the "worst" in the country's history amid the authorities' inability to curb the increase in child exploitation. Laws to combat the phenomenon were not…
Report: violence against women in workplace increased significantly in Tunisia
Research by the National Union of Tunisian Women (UNFT) showed that the number of women victims of violence reported to the union rose to 846 between January and October 2022, compared to the previous year.
The research, titled "Even in…
Global tourism leaders discuss importance of government partnerships as 22nd WTTC Global Summit…
• H.H. Princess Haifa Al Saud, Saudi Arabia’s Vice Minister of Tourism, shares summit opening panel with UNWTO Secretary General Zurab Pololikashvili, Anthony Capuano, CEO of Marriott International and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment…