Workshop on Tourism Between Syria and Spain

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 – 10:45 AM

Damascus (SANA)

The tourist workshop, which was organized by the Ministry of Tourism in cooperation with the Federation of Syrian Chamber of Tourism, Syrian Arab Airlines Institution and Spanish language magazine “Syria Magazine” among Syrian and Spanish travel agencies yesterday, focused on mutual cooperation and exchanging information and points of view in the field of tourism.

In his opening address, Minister of Tourism Dr. Saadalla Agha al-Kalaa said that the standing relations between Syria and Spain werespecial and the two countries and peoples are strongly tied, indicating that Syria has the needed tourist elements to be one of the attractive countries for tourist groups.

He called for real partnership between Syria and Spain in the tourist field due to the fact that Syria is a hospitable country.

Following the opening session, owners of Syrian and Spanish offices of tourism held meetings and discussed means of exchanging tourist groups.

Khaleda/ Idelbi.