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MediaIn – Kuwait – WAM – December 5,
Kuwait aims at developing and developing its tourism sector as an important economic resource, in addition to being one of the means to transform the country into a commercial and financial center and to highlight its cultural aspect, based on its promising development plan “New Kuwait 2035”.
Kuwait quickly established infrastructure for tourism projects including Kuwait International Airport, advanced road networks, sports clubs, theaters, cinemas, parks and chalets.
The hotel sector in Kuwait has grown impressively with a series of new projects adding value to the existing mix. A range of hotels ranging from luxury to medium are currently under development.
In recent years, Kuwait has been keen to provide more support to the tourism sector as one of the economic sectors that provide jobs for national manpower and its importance in promoting Kuwaiti identity, improving the country’s image globally, highlighting its civilized face and raising awareness of natural and cultural heritage.
Kuwait’s long-term tourism growth strategy has been buoyed by an increase in the number of passengers through the airport to more than 10 million passengers annually, in line with the country’s plans to develop and expand its transportation infrastructure, which ranges from the expansion of the Kuwait International Airport 2 “, which aims to increase the capacity of the airport to reach 25 million passengers, in addition to other promising projects such as the” Metro Kuwait “and the railway network, all of which are included in the development plan” New Kuwait 2035 “.
According to government estimates, the tourism sector is expected to provide more than 90,000 jobs for young people until 2035. The total contribution – direct and indirect impact – of tourism in the short-term GDP will be about 2 per cent, with the potential to increase to 4 per cent Through the development of the sector that will drive to attract foreign investment.
