By NNN-SPA,
Dammam (Saudi Arabia) : Some 13,000 Saudis have been trained to work in the tourism sector and related fields through the National Project for the Development of Tourism Human Resources initiated by the General Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (GCTA).
The move is part of the nationalisation of the travel and tourism sector in which Saudis of both sexes are being trained in specific skills and also in how to deal with tourists on a personal level through the project’s awareness programme.
The GCTA is also working with the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs to develop and renovate historic sites, among them the historic areas of Jeddah, Taif Centre, Al-Majma’ah, and Al-Hafouf, according to a report of the Arabic newspaper”Okaz” which was quoted Sunday by the Jeddah-based Saudi Gazette.