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First TOURISE puts PPP in focus
Trav Talk Middle East
|December 2025
His Excellency Ahmed Al Khateeb, Minister of Tourism, Saudi Arabia, said the idea for TOURISE came from the need for a venue where regulators and investors can meet, plan, and build together.
“The public sector regulates the industry, and the private sector invests and operates. We found no place where both could collaborate effectively and that is why TOURISE was created,” he said.
This story is from the December 2025 edition of Trav Talk Middle East.
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