Saudi Arabia, Seychelles sign tourism MoU

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Saudi Arabia and Seychelles in Riyadh on Monday, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

The Kingdom’s Tourism Ministry signed MoU with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tourism of Seychelles to boost cooperation and exchange expertise between the two countries.

It was signed by the Minister of Tourism, Ahmed Al-Khateeb, and his counterpart, Sylvestre Radegonde, SPA reported.

While it highlights the importance of tourism and its role in increasing economic growth, creating job opportunities, and promoting sustainable development, it also aims at supporting and developing activities and efforts of tourism institutions and associations and encouraging the establishment of investment projects between the two countries, SPA added.

The two sides, per the MoU, will exchange expertise in planning, tourism investment, and developing tourism sites and projects.

The MoU signing followed a meeting between Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Radegonde in Riyadh on Sunday.