Saudi Arabia to localise 15 programs in tourism sector

The Ministry of Tourism has identified 15 programs to localize in the tourism sector, including six programs for small and medium enterprises.

These programs included the tourism scholarship program, training program that ends in employment, the applied training program, the Hafawa program, professional accreditation certificate program, the leadership preparation program, the executive education program, the e-tourism education platform, and the secondment training program.

The targeted regions to implement the programs are Riyadh, Makkah, Qassim, Eastern Province, Hail and Najran. The number of Saudis working in the Kingdom’s tourism sector accounts for 189,000. This constitutes 26 percent of the total 726,000 Saudi employees.

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