DTCM hosts GCC Tourism Conference
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In an effort to boost traffic into Dubai from the GCC market, Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) recently hosted the GCC Tourism Conference. This is an annual travel trade event designed to promote Dubai’s destination offering to its Gulf neighbours.
The two-day event now in its third edition witnessed participation from over 130 CEO’s and top management of tour operators and travel agents from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.
Over the course of the conference, GCC travel agents and tour operators met with governmental and private entities to generate fresh ideas on how to collaborate on further increasing visitors numbers to Dubai from the GCC. The agenda featured updates on new projects, tourism offers and packages; as well as panel discussions on partnership opportunities between Dubai’s tourism industry stakeholders and GCC travel agencies.
A key focus of discussion was how Dubai’s recent winning of the bid for Expo 2020 would stimulate growth in the region’s tourism industry. Another area of discussion was recent changes in legislation designed to help meet this target include the new decree to regulate Dubai’s holiday homes market, which will contribute to growth of the tourism industry by broadening range of accommodation available to visitors.
Speakers at the conference included Issam Kazim, director commercial at DWTC, who gave a presentation on the MICE sector and the importance of conferences to business travel; and Farhad Mohammed Ali, marketing & communications director of Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), and Saeed Mohammed Alfalasi, director, strategic alliance, DFRE, who shared details on the importance of the Dubai Shopping Festival to tourism and retail sectors.
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