The size and monetary value of the outbound GCC tourism market were never in question – but what are its challenges, opportunities and key growth drivers in the foreseeable future?
The region is building its infrastructure and programmes to transform into a major tourist destination over the next few decades
The Kuwaiti stock exchange plans to introduce a central counterparty service for the cash market by the end of the year
The agreement will facilitate inter-exchange trading and put in place procedures for dual listings in the UAE and Kuwait
Kuwait has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 7.4 per cent by 2035
Kuwait Investment Authority has applied the ESG standard set by an independent globally-recognised ESG benchmark provider
More than 60 core business processes automated to enhance efficiency, drive business continuity and enable seamless remote working
Haitham al-Ghais – whose three-decade oil industry career includes stints in Beijing and London – will become the group’s secretary-general in August
The Embassy also called on citizens to adhere to the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry’s recommendations to postpone travel to the UK
She will replace Faisal Al Ayyar, who will retire as the CEO after more than 30 years with the company
Social enterprises Intisars and Ebbarra Jewelry equip women with daily reminders and tools for self-empowerment
The UAE said on Tuesday it will move its weekend to Saturday and Sunday
Jazeera already operates an all-Airbus fleet of original-generation A320s and eight A320neos
It’s the third government to resign in a year
Alshaya opened its first Starbucks in Kuwait in 1999 and later expanded the brand to Turkey in 2003 and Russia in 2007
After registering online on the health ministry’s website, legal guardians of the children will receive a text message on the date, time and place of vaccination
The Kuwaiti authority is a founding member of the One Planet Sovereign Wealth Fund Working Group established in Paris in 2017
The company operates three farms in the UAE
Worshippers in mosques can also now pray in “stacked rows” without distancing
The refinery’s export operations have not been affected
The decision to ban expatriates aged over 60 who do not hold a university degree from renewing their work permits has been revoked
Meanwhile, six more airlines, including Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways, will implement the IATA Travel Pass
Kuwait’s Public Authority for Sport has said that football fans will not be allowed access to stadiums
The initiative follows years of political tensions that have stymied efforts to diversify the country’s economy and promote foreign investment
The Public Authority for Manpower urged for restricting work permit issuance for one year to ‘utilise skilled labour already in the country’
Thousands of expats have left Kuwait this year and have been unable to return to the country due to the pandemic
The total number of expats in Kuwait stood at 3.154 million at the end of June
Flights will be operated once a week between the two destinations
Kuwait’s aviation authority has confirmed that five flights will operate per day between the two countries
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