Tourist Establishments Classification Project endorsed [Archives:2003/05/Local News]

The consultative meeting for tourism work was concluded last Monday in Taiz with an endorsement of the Tourist Establishments Classification Project.
The project is aimed at classifying the existing tourist related establishments in the country into standardized levels and to ensure that they comply with the international laws and regulations of tourism. This project is seen as a step in implementing tourism in Yemen and as a reference in solving any disputes that could take place in this sector.
Deputy at the ministry of tourism and environment Mr. Mohammed M. Qaflah said: “the Classification Project is one of the main new legislation, and we hope that implementing this project would help organize the tourist activities and help the investors confirm the required standards before engaging in creating their projects, and also the existing projects to improve their standards.”
Dr.Amen Gizelan from the tourist and environment office in Ibb confirms that “this project presents an important step in the future of tourism and must be conducted according to international standards”Abdulqadir Al-Shaibani editing secretary of Tourist Yemen magazine sees that this is: “it is a serious step concerning all the tourist establishments and founding bases for hotel structure and maintenance.” And he adds saying :” we have 435 hotels out of which only 360 clearly classified.”

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