Premier lays foundation stone of tourist project in Lattakia

LATTAKIA, Oct.6, (ST)- Today, Prime Minister Hussein Arnous laid the foundation stone of a project to build a 4-star tourist complex in the “Jules Jammal” site on the beach in Lattakia.

According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the contract’s value of the project amounts to 150 billion Syrian pounds and ensures about 1,300 job opportunities.

The agency quoted the premier as saying to reporters that the project is a tourist, service and development project for Lattakia Governorate and it ensures job opportunities for more than 1,300 workers during the investment process and the completion period.

Arnous pointed out that the project contributes to increasing the national income in syria and in Lattakia governorate in particular.

“ The focus in the governorate will be on tourism projects and there are tourist projects that are being carried out in the coast…. The tourism sector must witness a boom by taking advantage of Syria’s position on the world’s tourism map,” he declared.

The premier clarified that the project will have a significant impact on the revenues of Lattakia City’s Council, amounting to about one billion Syrian pound, with a minimum share of 11 percent of the revenues, which can be allocated for other investment and service projects in the city.

The first stage of the project includes 48 chalets and a hotel with 350 rooms as well as playgrounds, swimming pools for adults and children, a beach soccer field and a mini golf course, while the second stage of the project includes offices, recreational services and a digital physiotherapy point and hotel departments and underground and above-ground parking for cars and buses.

The project is being carried out by the Russian company, Sinara Ant, after signing a contract with the Lattakia City Council according to the BOT investment system for a period of 45 years.

The contract shows that the project will be carried out in 6 years and that its facilities will be put into service respectively, and the investment of chalets will start in the 2024.

Basma Qaddour