Three Academies for Tourism Studies will be established in different parts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. One of the Academies will be set up at Metro Bletan Palace in Makkah, according to Abdullah Bin Daud Al-Fayez , Undersecretary at Makkah Governorate. He made the announcement in his address Thursday to the first gathering of the Hajj and Ummrah National Committee, Al-Madina Arabic language newspaper reported. Moves to develop the Saudi tourism sector picked up more steam Thursday when Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd Bin Abdullah, Deputy Secretary General of the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT) launched STC's program to create jobs for Saudis in the sector. He said SCT will undertake this year a cooperative marketing program for tourist products covering all parts of the Kingdom. "We are also in the process of issuing a tourist and travel directory covering all the investment rules in the industry," he said. --MORE 1139 Local Time 0839 GMT
