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Saudi Arabia Creates Tourism Ministry


Wed 26 Feb 2020 | 08:40 PM
Ali Abu Dashish

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ordered competent authorities to create a ministry for tourism; the ministry will be headed by Ahmad bin Aqil al-Khatib.

Al-Khatib is the chairman of the Board of Directors for the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage.

He occupied the post of president of the General Entertainment Authority in Saudi Arabia in 2016 until June 2018.

Al-Khatib was the minister of health in Saudi Arabia for three months in 2015. He also worked as an advisor at the Saudi Royal Court