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DUBAI: The Middle East鈥檚 largest travel and tourism exhibition has kicked off in Dubai, wth CEO of the Emirates Group Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum officially inaugurating the 29th edition of the Arabian Travel Market.

The event is set to host more than 20,000 visitors and 1,500 exhibitors from 112 destinations over four days, and will reflect the concerns and hopes of the industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tourism Lift: As the recovery in Saudi tourism continues, the first quarter of 2022 witnessed over 130 percent of growth in the sector compared to pre-pandemic levels, the CEO of the Saudi Tourism Authority said during the Arabian Travel Market event.

Fahd Hamidaddin attributed the progress to 鈥渢he absolute alignment between vision, leadership, resources, and talent.鈥�

鈥楪耻颈濒迟-贵谤别别鈥�&苍产蝉辫;罢辞耻谤颈蝉尘:&苍产蝉辫;Managing Director of NEOM Tourism Andrew McEvoy said the megaproject's aim is to give travellers a regenerative holiday. He added that NEOM wants to provide travellers with a balanced, guilt-free holiday through regenerative tourism.

Pandemic battle: Issam Kazim, CEO of Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing said at the opening session that Dubai managed COVID-19 quite well with record breaking numbers. 

He made the comments during a debate on 鈥淭he Future of International Travel鈥� alongside Chief Economist of Oxford Economics Scott Livermore, President of Middle East, Africa, & Turkey at Hilton Jochem-Jan Sleiffer, Industry Head, Travel & Tourism at Google Bilal Kabbani, and Regional Director Europe of Middle East & Oceania at World Travel & Tourism Council Andrew Brown.