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Speaking at the opening session of the second TravTalk Digital conclave HE Khalid Jassim Al Midfa- Chairman Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority stated that the government of the UAE has taken all necessary action to ensure the safety of its residents, citizens and the international tourists before opening the country. He added, “After going through the different stages and experiments I believe that life can come back to normal much before we expect. In other countries people with symptoms had to visit a doctor to check but here the approach was different, government tested over 50% of the population so that the citizens, people and the visitors are safe. What I see as the future of the industry in the UAE we see slowly the airlines opening up, we see slowly building confidence and trust due to these efforts over the past few months. Phase 2 of this scenario which will start early September we will start seeing more people coming in to the UAE having a higher level of comfort and trust in the UAE in what it has to offer, I believe that the future will be bright and from what we are seeing from all emirates with the guidelines of the leadership we are prepared for the next stage.”

TravTalk Middle East’s second virtual conclave will take place on Monday July 20, 2020 from 11am until 1.15pm. To participate please contact Crisna de Guzman at crisna.deguzman@ddppl.com or call +971505074618, +971554704200. The main theme of the Digital conclave is Building and enabling trust in the travel and tourism sector. It will be conducted as two sessions; each will be for one hour. The first session will begin by 11am and end by 12 noon with three key speakers in the Middle East region; HE Khalid Jassim Al Midfa, Chairman Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA), Raki Philips – Chief Executive Officer Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority and Suman Billa – Director Technical Corporation and Silk Road Development UNWTO. As the UAE has open to international visitors, this is the perfect opportunity to find out the many efforts undertaken by the relevant tourism boards and the UNWTO. The second session will commence after a 15 minute break at 12.15pm and end by 1.15pm; this session will take into account outbound travel with three key national tourism boards with the most number of visitors from the UAE and GCC region. Speakers will be Daniel Rosado Bayon – Director of the Spanish Tourism Office in Abu Dhabi; Pichaya Saisaengchan, Director of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Dubai &The Middle East Office and Yamina Sofo – Director, Sales & Marketing – German National Tourist Office, Gulf countries.