Wadi Al-Mulk eyed for more tourism [Archives:2004/792/Local News]
By Yemen Times Staff
Taiz Bureau
The General Authority for Investment &Tourism Development (GAITD) is looking to boost the tourism potential of Wadi al-Mulk.
GAITD is part the Ministry of Culture & Tourism.
The valley is situated on the coastline of the Red Sea near the city of Mokha, and has the tourist potential to attract investment.
The committee is headed by Abdu Naji Moqbil, Undersecretary of the authority and Abdu Mahdi Salah, General Manager of Investment at the General Authority for Tourism Development, and Sadiq Salah, General Director of Tourism Office in Taiz.
A recent meeting on the issue was attended by Director of Mokha District and the Secretary General of the Local Council in Mukha as well as representatives from State's Real Estate & Lands Bureau and public works and endowment Offices in Taiz.
The submission of the strategic location to the authority comes in the framework of the state's tourism sector and encouraging investment to ensure the tourist recovery.
Studies and strategies are currently conducted by specialized parties to better boost the tourist investment, according to the Undersecretary of the General Tourism Development Authority.
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