Introduction

A Brighter Tourism Future is an objective that many countries are keen to achieve, given that tourism is a vital sector that plays a significant role in economic growth, job vacancy creation, and enhancing cultural understanding and sustainability.

The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the National Centre for Statistics & Information, in collaboration with the General Secretariat of Arab League, organizes the Second Arabic Forum for Tourism Statistics within the program “Sur, the Capital of Arab Tourism in 2024” in the period from 14 -16 October 2024.

The Forum aims to discuss the role of tourism statistics and data in supporting national development strategies in the Arab region, as well as enhancing collaboration among Arab countries in the area of data exchange and developing common statistical standards.

Objectives

• Enhancing collaboration among Arab countries in the field of Tourism statistics.
• Developing and analyzing the statistical indicators used for tourism measurements.
• Allowing tourism statistics experts and specialists to exchange knowledge and experience.
• Enhancing the capabilities of the Arab countries in terms of tourism statistics by conducting workshops and courses and providing technical resources.
• Developing and unifying the methodologies and standards used for tourism data collection and analysis in the Arab countries.
• Providing analysis and reports about the tourism trends and the economic performance of the tourism sector in the Arab region.
• Enhancing communication among stakeholders in the field of tourism statistics.
• Challenges that Arab countries face in merging tourism data from different sources.
• Coming up with recommendations that help to develop tourism statistics and data in the Arab countries.

Participants

• Ministry of Heritage and Tourism.
• General Secretariat of the Arab League.
• Arab Tourism Organization.
• World Tourism Organization.
• Representative of Arab countries’ statistical authorities.
• Representative of Arab countries’ ministries of tourism.
• University experts and specialists.
• Experts and specialists of tourism and statistics field.
• Organizations in the tourism field.
• Beneficiaries of tourism statistics.