Tourism Ministry: Cooperation with Civil Society Organizations Stressed

Tourism

 Damascus, (SANA) – Ministry  of Tourism recently underlined the need to highlight the rich national heritage and interest in highlighting the crafts and traditional handicrafts which Syria is famous for through tourist festivals and events to be held during the next two months.

During a meeting held recently with managers of tourism in the governorates and representatives of the Syria Trust for Development, the participants discussed the need for the advancement of tourism and to overcome the conditions imposed by the crisis through giving attention to festivals and tourism events as constituting messages to the abroad and reflect the reality of what is happening in Syria.

The tourism sector in Syria will be at the forefront of the sectors that will rise again and prove its presence on the ground and the ministry is ready to cooperate with Syria Trust for Development and invest some tourist sites in an effective manner and yield good economic support and crafts, the minister said.

The Minister of Tourism stressed the importance of training and qualification of personnel working in the tourism sector and the trend towards automation of all documents pertaining to the work of the Ministry of Tourism in order to save them from damage and loss, cooperation with associations and civil society organizations and the private sector in the promotion of tourism products and marketing.

Directors of tourism bureaus  in the governorates reviewed the reality of tourism in each governorate and plans taken to boost tourism in each governorate and proposed programs for festivals and tourist events to be held in the near future.

For her part, Director of Partnerships and Administrative Support in the Syria Trust for Development, eng. Itab al –Ta’qi, pointed out that the Syria Trust seeks to build strategic partnerships with government sectors in all areas and take advantage of databases and existing expertise on both sides, noting to the willingness of the secretariat to support the professions and endangered crafts and revive them again.

Sh. Kh.

 

 

 

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