Saudi Arabia tourism generates jobs
Posted: Thu 13 Jan, 2011 3:34 PM
An estimated 1.5-million direct and indirect jobs will be created by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia tourism sector by 2020, according to the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA).
Statistics by the SCTA illustrates that there will be 21 multinational hotels up and running across the Kingdom by 2014 that will provide jobs for 15,000 Saudi job seekers. Dr Abdullah Al-Weshail, director general, Development of Tourism Human Resources, was quoted in Tour Expi as having said that the dream of Saudization in tourism was slowly becoming a reality and would soon see the employment of young Saudi job seekers.
The SCTA are working on projects that would provide employment opportunities for the Saudi youth, one of which is the National Projects for the Development of Human Tourism Resources.
