The Saudi Arabia ministry of tourism has introduced the appointment of Gloria Guevara to the place of chief particular advisor to Ahmed Al Khateeb, the minister of tourism.
Guevara was most recently chief govt of the World Journey & Tourism Council (WTTC).
As a particular advisor to the minister, she’s going to draw on greater than 25 years of private and non-private tourism sector expertise to assist facilitate worldwide collaborations, develop human capital and contribute to the supply of the formidable, large-scale tourism investments below Imaginative and prescient 2030.
Al Khateeb welcomed the appointment, and stated: “Saudi Arabia’s tourism trade has unimaginable potential and is already supporting financial progress and job creation throughout the dominion.
“We now have a powerful nationwide heritage and 1000’s of distinctive tales to be advised.
“Gloria brings worldwide experience and an incredible world community from her time representing the worldwide tourism and journey sector because the chief govt of WTTC and direct expertise with evolving a nascent tourism trade from her time as secretary of tourism in Mexico, that may assist us as our large-scale funding in tourism strikes to the following degree.”
Saudi Arabia has achieved accelerated progress in a nascent trade, taking a number one function within the revival of the tourism sector after Covid-19 by means of its G20 presidency.
Guevara stated: “I need to be a part of the transformation and make the imaginative and prescient of Saudi Arabia as a number one tourism vacation spot a actuality.
“Tourism is essentially the most promising sector in Saudi Arabia; this has been evident since 2019 when the dominion first opened for worldwide guests and have become the quickest rising and finest performer in journey and tourism on a worldwide scale.”
