The Middle East''s travel and tourism industry has never been so vibrant. Both inbound and outbound traffic is growing at an exponential rate, giving rise to opportunities aplenty for travel agents and tour operators to sell corporate and leisure packages.
According to the World Travel & Tourism Coun-cil''s (WTTC''s) table of top 10 countries showing the most business travel growth potential in 2007, Bahrain was ranked third, Qatar fifth, Libya seventh, and Saudi Arabia took tenth place.
In terms of countries spending the largest amount (in relative terms) on personal travel in 2007, the WTTC ranked Qatar in third place and Lebanon in the ninth place.
Meanwhile, Euromonitor International forecasts that the Middle East will receive 38 million air arrivals by 2010, equating to 56% growth for the 2005-2010 period, led by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
To cater to inbound demand, hotel groups are rapidly expanding their Middle East presence, while the region?s airlines are driving outbound growth by upping fl ight frequencies and introducing services to new destinations almost on a weekly basis.
In order to stay afl oat, travel agents, tour operators and travel providers need to keep pace with the latest developments regionally and internationally and Arabian Travel News provides them with the knowledge to do so.
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