Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, revealed a government project that is currently being implemented, to link the data of all local and federal tourism authorities in the country, in coordination between the Ministry of Economy and more than 27 local and federal agencies, stressing that this project will see the light after six months. months, and based on his federal data, detailed reports will be drawn up showing the strength of the tourism sector, and the necessary additional development plans will be drawn up.
A parliamentary report, which Emirates Today obtained a copy of, identified 12 parliamentary observations on the performance of the Ministry of Economy in relation to the tourism sector, most notably the “lack of a unified database for tourism sector statistics, weak initiatives and projects supporting sustainable tourism, and a decline in government support and spending for the sector.” tourism”.
In detail, Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi confirmed that the availability of data is an essential issue for drawing up any policies and strategies in any sector, explaining that the tourism sector was suffering from a kind of lack of data linkage, but after the establishment of the Tourism Coordination Council, a committee of the Council was established to be concerned with data.
The minister explained, during the Federal National Council session, which was held the day before yesterday, to discuss “the Ministry of Economy’s policy regarding supporting the tourism sector,” that “an agreement was concluded with the International Tourism Organization to implement a project to link data of all local and federal tourist agencies, and coordination is now underway with 27 local and federal entities are part of a project to link local data flow and develop national competencies and are currently under implementation, and we have internally a data control panel, and after six months, a federal source will be provided for all data related to the tourism sector in the country.
He added: “We have an integrated plan to develop the tourism sector federally. We started implementing it by launching the corporate identity, marketing and campaigns. In parallel, there is a program for the data. After providing this data, detailed reports will be drawn up showing the strength of this sector and reports on the programs that are announced in the country. Based on this data and its results, the necessary additional development plans will be drawn up.
While a parliamentary report prepared by the Financial, Economic and Industrial Affairs Committee of the Federal National Council identified 12 parliamentary observations on “the Ministry of Economy’s policy on supporting the tourism sector,” contained within three main axes, including five observations related to “the ministry’s policy and strategic plans in the tourism sector,” including “The absence of federal legislation and laws regulating the tourism sector, the development of the tourism product, the availability of the appropriate investment environment to attract foreign capital, and the reliance of each emirate on its local legislation,” and the “weakness of marketing the identity of the tourism sector in the country in light of the multiplicity and diversity of local visions in marketing the tourism identity.” Independent of each emirate, which negatively affected the evaluation of the country’s tourism identity strategy in 2017 compared to 2019, due to the absence of marketing initiatives and programs for the unified tourism identity.
According to the report, which “Emirates Today” obtained a copy of, the parliamentary observations included low Emiratisation rates in the private tourism sector, as the Emiratisation rate reached (0.07%) in 2020, and the absence of a unified database for tourism sector statistics as a result of the lack of linking data and information related to the affairs of the tourism sector. Tourism between the Ministry of Economy and the authorities concerned with the tourism sector, and the weakness of initiatives and projects that support sustainable tourism in the social, cultural and environmental fields.
The report monitored four observations in the axis of “tourism development and promotion internally and externally, and coordination with the concerned authorities”, which included “the decline in government support and spending for the tourism sector, which negatively affected the sector’s contribution to the country’s GDP, and the weakness of the initiatives provided to national tourism companies that contributed to the development of the tourism sector.” And the promotion of tourism in the country, and the absence of a unified digital platform for the tourism sector at the state level, due to the lack of an electronic link between the tourism authorities in the country, and the absence of a media strategy for tourism and its impact on the development and promotion of tourism in the country, as a result of weak cooperation and coordination between the Ministry of Economy and media institutions in the country. The state with regard to tourism promotion.”
The report mentioned three observations in the theme “The Ministry’s efforts to benefit from (Expo 2020), and its impact on the future strategic planning of the tourism sector”, the first of which is the increase in competition between foreign tourism companies in the tourism sector and the sector of similar national companies, after the issuance of Federal Decree-Law No. (26) for the year 2020 amending the provisions of Federal Law No. 2 of 2015 regarding the Commercial Companies Law, which allows foreigners to establish companies owned by (100%).
The second note is the weak communication channels between the Ministry of Economy and national institutions during the “Expo 2020” period, due to the lack of a digital platform that coordinates between citizen entrepreneurs and foreign investors in finding investment opportunities during the World Exhibition period, and the third is the lack of educational workshops for owners of small and medium enterprises on developing Their products and services to participate in (Expo 2020) in light of the multiplicity of international competitions, especially as it represents (94%) of the total number of companies operating in this international exhibition.
More tourists raise hotel room prices
The Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, confirmed that the recent period witnessed an increase in the occupancy rate of hotel rooms in the country, with the influx of many high-income tourists, who come from different countries of the world, pointing out that “the international rush to the UAE As a tourist destination, it contributed to raising hotel room prices.”
The minister said that there are currently promotional offers within the campaign of the most beautiful winter in the world, but the price process remains subject to supply and demand, which explains the current rise in hotel room prices, especially that the UAE is currently the highest in demand for hotel rooms.
With regard to the possibility of establishing preferential prices for citizens and residents in the country, the minister said: “The price of a hotel room has two parts, the first is the timing of the visit, and the second is the priority of booking, and some companies offer discounted prices to attract tourism, and the foreign tourist books the room long before his coming.”
Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, revealed a government project that is currently being implemented, to link the data of all local and federal tourism authorities in the country, in coordination between the Ministry of Economy and more than 27 local and federal agencies, stressing that this project will see the light after six months. months, and based on his federal data, detailed reports will be drawn up showing the strength of the tourism sector, and the necessary additional development plans will be drawn up.
A parliamentary report, which Emirates Today obtained a copy of, identified 12 parliamentary observations on the performance of the Ministry of Economy in relation to the tourism sector, most notably the “lack of a unified database for tourism sector statistics, weak initiatives and projects supporting sustainable tourism, and a decline in government support and spending for the sector.” tourism”.
In detail, Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi confirmed that the availability of data is an essential issue for drawing up any policies and strategies in any sector, explaining that the tourism sector was suffering from a kind of lack of data linkage, but after the establishment of the Tourism Coordination Council, a committee of the Council was established to be concerned with data.
The minister explained, during the Federal National Council session, which was held the day before yesterday, to discuss “the Ministry of Economy’s policy regarding supporting the tourism sector,” that “an agreement was concluded with the International Tourism Organization to implement a project to link data of all local and federal tourist agencies, and coordination is now underway with 27 local and federal entities are part of a project to link local data flow and develop national competencies and are currently under implementation, and we have internally a data control panel, and after six months, a federal source will be provided for all data related to the tourism sector in the country.
He added: “We have an integrated plan to develop the tourism sector federally. We started implementing it by launching the corporate identity, marketing and campaigns. In parallel, there is a program for the data. After providing this data, detailed reports will be drawn up showing the strength of this sector and reports on the programs that are announced in the country. Based on this data and its results, the necessary additional development plans will be drawn up.
While a parliamentary report prepared by the Financial, Economic and Industrial Affairs Committee of the Federal National Council identified 12 parliamentary observations on “the Ministry of Economy’s policy on supporting the tourism sector,” contained within three main axes, including five observations related to “the ministry’s policy and strategic plans in the tourism sector,” including “The absence of federal legislation and laws regulating the tourism sector, the development of the tourism product, the availability of the appropriate investment environment to attract foreign capital, and the reliance of each emirate on its local legislation,” and the “weakness of marketing the identity of the tourism sector in the country in light of the multiplicity and diversity of local visions in marketing the tourism identity.” Independent of each emirate, which negatively affected the evaluation of the country’s tourism identity strategy in 2017 compared to 2019, due to the absence of marketing initiatives and programs for the unified tourism identity.
According to the report, which “Emirates Today” obtained a copy of, the parliamentary observations included low Emiratisation rates in the private tourism sector, as the Emiratisation rate reached (0.07%) in 2020, and the absence of a unified database for tourism sector statistics as a result of the lack of linking data and information related to the affairs of the tourism sector. Tourism between the Ministry of Economy and the authorities concerned with the tourism sector, and the weakness of initiatives and projects that support sustainable tourism in the social, cultural and environmental fields.
The report monitored four observations in the axis of “tourism development and promotion internally and externally, and coordination with the concerned authorities”, which included “the decline in government support and spending for the tourism sector, which negatively affected the sector’s contribution to the country’s GDP, and the weakness of the initiatives provided to national tourism companies that contributed to the development of the tourism sector.” And the promotion of tourism in the country, and the absence of a unified digital platform for the tourism sector at the state level, due to the lack of an electronic link between the tourism authorities in the country, and the absence of a media strategy for tourism and its impact on the development and promotion of tourism in the country, as a result of weak cooperation and coordination between the Ministry of Economy and media institutions in the country. The state with regard to tourism promotion.”
The report mentioned three observations in the theme “The Ministry’s efforts to benefit from (Expo 2020), and its impact on the future strategic planning of the tourism sector”, the first of which is the increase in competition between foreign tourism companies in the tourism sector and the sector of similar national companies, after the issuance of Federal Decree-Law No. (26) for the year 2020 amending the provisions of Federal Law No. 2 of 2015 regarding the Commercial Companies Law, which allows foreigners to establish companies owned by (100%).
The second note is the weak communication channels between the Ministry of Economy and national institutions during the “Expo 2020” period, due to the lack of a digital platform that coordinates between citizen entrepreneurs and foreign investors in finding investment opportunities during the World Exhibition period, and the third is the lack of educational workshops for owners of small and medium enterprises on developing Their products and services to participate in (Expo 2020) in light of the multiplicity of international competitions, especially as it represents (94%) of the total number of companies operating in this international exhibition.
More tourists raise hotel room prices
The Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, confirmed that the recent period witnessed an increase in the occupancy rate of hotel rooms in the country, with the influx of many high-income tourists, who come from different countries of the world, pointing out that “the international rush to the UAE As a tourist destination, it contributed to raising hotel room prices.”
The minister said that there are currently promotional offers within the campaign of the most beautiful winter in the world, but the price process remains subject to supply and demand, which explains the current rise in hotel room prices, especially that the UAE is currently the highest in demand for hotel rooms.
With regard to the possibility of establishing preferential prices for citizens and residents in the country, the minister said: “The price of a hotel room has two parts, the first is the timing of the visit, and the second is the priority of booking, and some companies offer discounted prices to attract tourism, and the foreign tourist books the room long before his coming.”
Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, revealed a government project that is currently being implemented, to link the data of all local and federal tourism authorities in the country, in coordination between the Ministry of Economy and more than 27 local and federal agencies, stressing that this project will see the light after six months. months, and based on his federal data, detailed reports will be drawn up showing the strength of the tourism sector, and the necessary additional development plans will be drawn up.
A parliamentary report, which Emirates Today obtained a copy of, identified 12 parliamentary observations on the performance of the Ministry of Economy in relation to the tourism sector, most notably the “lack of a unified database for tourism sector statistics, weak initiatives and projects supporting sustainable tourism, and a decline in government support and spending for the sector.” tourism”.
In detail, Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi confirmed that the availability of data is an essential issue for drawing up any policies and strategies in any sector, explaining that the tourism sector was suffering from a kind of lack of data linkage, but after the establishment of the Tourism Coordination Council, a committee of the Council was established to be concerned with data.
The minister explained, during the Federal National Council session, which was held the day before yesterday, to discuss “the Ministry of Economy’s policy regarding supporting the tourism sector,” that “an agreement was concluded with the International Tourism Organization to implement a project to link data of all local and federal tourist agencies, and coordination is now underway with 27 local and federal entities are part of a project to link local data flow and develop national competencies and are currently under implementation, and we have internally a data control panel, and after six months, a federal source will be provided for all data related to the tourism sector in the country.
He added: “We have an integrated plan to develop the tourism sector federally. We started implementing it by launching the corporate identity, marketing and campaigns. In parallel, there is a program for the data. After providing this data, detailed reports will be drawn up showing the strength of this sector and reports on the programs that are announced in the country. Based on this data and its results, the necessary additional development plans will be drawn up.
While a parliamentary report prepared by the Financial, Economic and Industrial Affairs Committee of the Federal National Council identified 12 parliamentary observations on “the Ministry of Economy’s policy on supporting the tourism sector,” contained within three main axes, including five observations related to “the ministry’s policy and strategic plans in the tourism sector,” including “The absence of federal legislation and laws regulating the tourism sector, the development of the tourism product, the availability of the appropriate investment environment to attract foreign capital, and the reliance of each emirate on its local legislation,” and the “weakness of marketing the identity of the tourism sector in the country in light of the multiplicity and diversity of local visions in marketing the tourism identity.” Independent of each emirate, which negatively affected the evaluation of the country’s tourism identity strategy in 2017 compared to 2019, due to the absence of marketing initiatives and programs for the unified tourism identity.
According to the report, which “Emirates Today” obtained a copy of, the parliamentary observations included low Emiratisation rates in the private tourism sector, as the Emiratisation rate reached (0.07%) in 2020, and the absence of a unified database for tourism sector statistics as a result of the lack of linking data and information related to the affairs of the tourism sector. Tourism between the Ministry of Economy and the authorities concerned with the tourism sector, and the weakness of initiatives and projects that support sustainable tourism in the social, cultural and environmental fields.
The report monitored four observations in the axis of “tourism development and promotion internally and externally, and coordination with the concerned authorities”, which included “the decline in government support and spending for the tourism sector, which negatively affected the sector’s contribution to the country’s GDP, and the weakness of the initiatives provided to national tourism companies that contributed to the development of the tourism sector.” And the promotion of tourism in the country, and the absence of a unified digital platform for the tourism sector at the state level, due to the lack of an electronic link between the tourism authorities in the country, and the absence of a media strategy for tourism and its impact on the development and promotion of tourism in the country, as a result of weak cooperation and coordination between the Ministry of Economy and media institutions in the country. The state with regard to tourism promotion.”
The report mentioned three observations in the theme “The Ministry’s efforts to benefit from (Expo 2020), and its impact on the future strategic planning of the tourism sector”, the first of which is the increase in competition between foreign tourism companies in the tourism sector and the sector of similar national companies, after the issuance of Federal Decree-Law No. (26) for the year 2020 amending the provisions of Federal Law No. 2 of 2015 regarding the Commercial Companies Law, which allows foreigners to establish companies owned by (100%).
The second note is the weak communication channels between the Ministry of Economy and national institutions during the “Expo 2020” period, due to the lack of a digital platform that coordinates between citizen entrepreneurs and foreign investors in finding investment opportunities during the World Exhibition period, and the third is the lack of educational workshops for owners of small and medium enterprises on developing Their products and services to participate in (Expo 2020) in light of the multiplicity of international competitions, especially as it represents (94%) of the total number of companies operating in this international exhibition.
More tourists raise hotel room prices
The Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, confirmed that the recent period witnessed an increase in the occupancy rate of hotel rooms in the country, with the influx of many high-income tourists, who come from different countries of the world, pointing out that “the international rush to the UAE As a tourist destination, it contributed to raising hotel room prices.”
The minister said that there are currently promotional offers within the campaign of the most beautiful winter in the world, but the price process remains subject to supply and demand, which explains the current rise in hotel room prices, especially that the UAE is currently the highest in demand for hotel rooms.
With regard to the possibility of establishing preferential prices for citizens and residents in the country, the minister said: “The price of a hotel room has two parts, the first is the timing of the visit, and the second is the priority of booking, and some companies offer discounted prices to attract tourism, and the foreign tourist books the room long before his coming.”
Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, revealed a government project that is currently being implemented, to link the data of all local and federal tourism authorities in the country, in coordination between the Ministry of Economy and more than 27 local and federal agencies, stressing that this project will see the light after six months. months, and based on his federal data, detailed reports will be drawn up showing the strength of the tourism sector, and the necessary additional development plans will be drawn up.
A parliamentary report, which Emirates Today obtained a copy of, identified 12 parliamentary observations on the performance of the Ministry of Economy in relation to the tourism sector, most notably the “lack of a unified database for tourism sector statistics, weak initiatives and projects supporting sustainable tourism, and a decline in government support and spending for the sector.” tourism”.
In detail, Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi confirmed that the availability of data is an essential issue for drawing up any policies and strategies in any sector, explaining that the tourism sector was suffering from a kind of lack of data linkage, but after the establishment of the Tourism Coordination Council, a committee of the Council was established to be concerned with data.
The minister explained, during the Federal National Council session, which was held the day before yesterday, to discuss “the Ministry of Economy’s policy regarding supporting the tourism sector,” that “an agreement was concluded with the International Tourism Organization to implement a project to link data of all local and federal tourist agencies, and coordination is now underway with 27 local and federal entities are part of a project to link local data flow and develop national competencies and are currently under implementation, and we have internally a data control panel, and after six months, a federal source will be provided for all data related to the tourism sector in the country.
He added: “We have an integrated plan to develop the tourism sector federally. We started implementing it by launching the corporate identity, marketing and campaigns. In parallel, there is a program for the data. After providing this data, detailed reports will be drawn up showing the strength of this sector and reports on the programs that are announced in the country. Based on this data and its results, the necessary additional development plans will be drawn up.
While a parliamentary report prepared by the Financial, Economic and Industrial Affairs Committee of the Federal National Council identified 12 parliamentary observations on “the Ministry of Economy’s policy on supporting the tourism sector,” contained within three main axes, including five observations related to “the ministry’s policy and strategic plans in the tourism sector,” including “The absence of federal legislation and laws regulating the tourism sector, the development of the tourism product, the availability of the appropriate investment environment to attract foreign capital, and the reliance of each emirate on its local legislation,” and the “weakness of marketing the identity of the tourism sector in the country in light of the multiplicity and diversity of local visions in marketing the tourism identity.” Independent of each emirate, which negatively affected the evaluation of the country’s tourism identity strategy in 2017 compared to 2019, due to the absence of marketing initiatives and programs for the unified tourism identity.
According to the report, which “Emirates Today” obtained a copy of, the parliamentary observations included low Emiratisation rates in the private tourism sector, as the Emiratisation rate reached (0.07%) in 2020, and the absence of a unified database for tourism sector statistics as a result of the lack of linking data and information related to the affairs of the tourism sector. Tourism between the Ministry of Economy and the authorities concerned with the tourism sector, and the weakness of initiatives and projects that support sustainable tourism in the social, cultural and environmental fields.
The report monitored four observations in the axis of “tourism development and promotion internally and externally, and coordination with the concerned authorities”, which included “the decline in government support and spending for the tourism sector, which negatively affected the sector’s contribution to the country’s GDP, and the weakness of the initiatives provided to national tourism companies that contributed to the development of the tourism sector.” And the promotion of tourism in the country, and the absence of a unified digital platform for the tourism sector at the state level, due to the lack of an electronic link between the tourism authorities in the country, and the absence of a media strategy for tourism and its impact on the development and promotion of tourism in the country, as a result of weak cooperation and coordination between the Ministry of Economy and media institutions in the country. The state with regard to tourism promotion.”
The report mentioned three observations in the theme “The Ministry’s efforts to benefit from (Expo 2020), and its impact on the future strategic planning of the tourism sector”, the first of which is the increase in competition between foreign tourism companies in the tourism sector and the sector of similar national companies, after the issuance of Federal Decree-Law No. (26) for the year 2020 amending the provisions of Federal Law No. 2 of 2015 regarding the Commercial Companies Law, which allows foreigners to establish companies owned by (100%).
The second note is the weak communication channels between the Ministry of Economy and national institutions during the “Expo 2020” period, due to the lack of a digital platform that coordinates between citizen entrepreneurs and foreign investors in finding investment opportunities during the World Exhibition period, and the third is the lack of educational workshops for owners of small and medium enterprises on developing Their products and services to participate in (Expo 2020) in light of the multiplicity of international competitions, especially as it represents (94%) of the total number of companies operating in this international exhibition.
More tourists raise hotel room prices
The Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, confirmed that the recent period witnessed an increase in the occupancy rate of hotel rooms in the country, with the influx of many high-income tourists, who come from different countries of the world, pointing out that “the international rush to the UAE As a tourist destination, it contributed to raising hotel room prices.”
The minister said that there are currently promotional offers within the campaign of the most beautiful winter in the world, but the price process remains subject to supply and demand, which explains the current rise in hotel room prices, especially that the UAE is currently the highest in demand for hotel rooms.
With regard to the possibility of establishing preferential prices for citizens and residents in the country, the minister said: “The price of a hotel room has two parts, the first is the timing of the visit, and the second is the priority of booking, and some companies offer discounted prices to attract tourism, and the foreign tourist books the room long before his coming.”