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1 – 10 of 46Domestic tourism has started to recover from the pandemic due to the weak currency and PREVIAJE, a government-sponsored programme. The rebound in international tourism is lagging…
Mashat emphasised the importance of the event in the context of Cairo's recent initiatives to boost the tourism industry, long a pillar of the economy. Last November, the Ministry…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244612
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The kingdom's Vision 2030 strategy identifies tourism as one of the sectors key to plans to diversify the economy away from oil. Saudi Arabia aims to develop the underdeveloped…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB212826
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Although the large hike reflects pandemic recovery, the 940,000 tourists arriving in the first two months also significantly exceed those recorded in the last ‘normal’ year of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276521
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Accounting directly and indirectly for 16-17% of GDP in 2019, tourism is a major plank of the Dominican economy and will be key to broader economic recovery in 2021. With that in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261374
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Her Commission is making a concerted push to advance gender equality. To that end, it has brought forward an integral element of its 2020 Gender Equality Strategy (GES): a draft…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262703
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Tourism has been identified as a priority sector to drive economic recovery in the government’s recent strategy, as well as in the recovery strategies agreed by business and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258266
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Europe and the United States may slip back into recession in the northern hemisphere winter. If vaccination succeeds, the advanced economies will recover robustly from mid-2021…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257862
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Although the food sector has not been immune to the impact of COVID-19, it has proved relatively resilient. According to the UN, while the region’s overall GDP fell by 6.4…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258401
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The government targets 3.0-3.5% GDP growth this year, up from 2.9% in 2020 and despite a nearly 6.2% year-on-year contraction in July-September. A key factor in the fall was the…