{"id":310989,"date":"2023-06-14T18:12:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T15:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/?p=310989"},"modified":"2023-06-14T18:42:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T15:42:50","slug":"number-of-tourism-arrivals-in-syria-has-increased-by-40-in-five-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=310989","title":{"rendered":"Number of tourism arrivals in Syria has increased by 40 % in five months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Damascus, SANA- Tourism arrivals in the country has increased over the past five months as compare to the number recorded in 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is due to strategies and positive procedures adopted by the Ministry of Tourism to improve tourism services.<br \/>\nIn this context, Director of Planning and Cooperation at the Ministry, Ahed al-Za\u2019eem stated to SANA reporter, \u201cThe total number of tourism arrivals in Syria grew 40% over the past five months to reach 727 thousand tourists-652 thousand Arabs, 75 thousand foreigners- as compared to 519 thousand in 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/\u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0627\u062d\u0629-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-310994 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/\u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0627\u062d\u0629-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>As for domestic tourism, al-Za\u2019eem said the Ministry is &#8220;finalizing several projects to activate domestic tourism, notably signing an agreement with Tartous City Council in addition to the preparations for launching the Syrian Youth Tourism Summit next September in cooperation with the Distinction and Creativity Agency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ruba Sasila Director of Marketing and Tourism Information at the Ministry highlighted the vital role of the Ministry in promoting and marketing tourism during its participation in Arab and international events, conferences and exhibitions held in Russia, China, India, Iraq, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, which significantly increased the number of arrivals in Syria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry&#8217;s plan includes holding various events s to promote domestic tourism, among of which organizing the Flower Fair, activities to celebrate World Tourism Day and cultural festivals in the tourist attractions and archaeological sites, added Sasila.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-310989 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/\u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0627\u062d\u0629-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/\u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0627\u062d\u0629-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/\u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0627\u062d\u0629-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/\u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0627\u062d\u0629-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Kinda al-Mahmoud\/ Mazen Eyon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, SANA- Tourism arrivals in the country has increased over the past five months as compare to the number recorded in 2022. This is due to strategies and positive procedures adopted by the Ministry of Tourism to improve tourism services. 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