Dubai Customs, DTCM partner to promote Fishermen Harbours
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Dubai Customs and the Department of Tourism and Commercial Marketing in Dubai (DTCM) recently inked a cooperation and partnership agreement to promote development of tourist facilities at Jumeirah 1, Umm Suqeim 1 and Umm Suqeim 2 harbours.
The agreement was signed by HE Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, director of Dubai Customs and HE Helal Saeed Al Marri, director general of DTCM, in presence of HE Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman of DP World and chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation.
HE Sultan bin Sulayem said that the Fishermen Harbours will add to the emirate’s portfolio of tourist attractions. Huge investments were made in the harbours’ renovation and development project to incorporate facilities for visitors, including a boatyard for fishing boats and another for yachts and recreational boats.
HE Helal Saeed Al Marri, director general of Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, said: “This project focuses on an integral part of Emirati heritage, traditional fishing – which we seek to market and promote into a new tourist attraction in Dubai. The DTCM will provide all facilitations necessary to implement this agreement, including research-based suggestions and recommendations such as feasibility studies aimed at leveraging the tourist and economic promotion of the three harbours.”
As per the concluded agreement, the DTCM, through the Dubai College of Hospitality Training, will offer hospitality and customer service training courses to DC staff in charge of running fishermen harbours, in addition to easing granting of entertainment licenses to restaurants based in the harbours, he continued.
Beneficiaries of the Fishermen Harbours Development Project include 1000 labourers and seamen. The boat yard has a total capacity of 466 anchorages, of which 348 are for fishing boats and 119 for yachts and recreational boats.
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