The joint Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities and National Commercial Bank project to develop human resources in tourism is holding over the next two months ten training programs on handicrafts and traditional craftwork for 172 males and females. The “Takamol” project involves, according to its head Abdullah Al-Woshail, training in leather crafts, needlework, pottery, flower derivative extraction, palm leaf gift packaging, traditional brick building, olive oil soap production and other traditional professions. “Permanent sale outlets have been established in Riyadh and Dammam where more than 2,145 products made by previous trainees have been put on sale,” Al-Woshail said. “Similar sale points will be introduced in Jeddah, Madina and Qassim with the collaboration of the Carrefour and Al
