The St Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort is welcoming families from Saudi Arabia looking to celebrate their country’s national day with a holiday in cooler climes.

To mark the 88th anniversary of the unification of Saudi Arabia on September 23, visitors from the Middle East can enjoy special room rates, a great selection of dining offers for the whole family and a host of complimentary experiences across the private island resort.

For the starting rate of $1,100++, guests can choose to check into"...

Flag carrier SriLankan Airlines was awarded two prestigious titles at the World Travel Awards 2018 Asia and Australasia ceremony held at InterContinental Grand Standford in Hong Kong on September 15.

Whilst the airline’s launch campaign to Australia titled ‘Two Cities. One Spirit’ was awarded the ‘Asia's Leading Marketing Campaign 2018’ accolade, SriLankan managed to defend the familiar title ‘Asia's Leading Airline to the Indian Ocean 2018’ for the second consecutive"...

The GCC’s online travel sector witnessed substantial growth in mobile transactions during the first half of 2018, with a 168 per cent increase in bookings made on mobile devices, according to the H1 & Summer 2018 Travel Insights Report released today by Cleartrip, the leading mobile and online travel company in the Middle East.

The report sheds light on the ever-evolving online travel sector and shifting customer behaviour across the GCC. Key findings included continuous positive growth in travel bookings"...

Oman’s tourists comprise both affluent travellers from across the globe as well as a growing number of backpackers who would require accommodation, according to human resource experts. A ‘youth hostel’ is an ideal solution which can provide jobs to hundreds of local youth and aid local businesses and service providers, including tour guides, taxi and bus service, said Murtadha Jawad, the official representative of the Oman Society for Human Resource Management (OSHRM) conference.
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A pair of tourism conferences organised by the International Geography Union (IGU) in Canada recently has underlined the importance of greater scientific research on the impacts of tourism on local cultures, societies and their environments. The Sultanate of Oman, represented by Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), is a member state of the IGU. Taking part in the conferences were international tourism scholars Prof Alan Lew (USA), Prof Jarkko Saarinen (Finland), Prof Dieter Mueller (Sweden), Prof Joseph Cher (Australia) and Dr"...

Block your calendar and keep the weekend of November 29th & 30th 2018 free as the BAO Festival is all set to descend over Meydan, Dubai. This exuberant event takes pride in hosting the top 2 artists of the DJ Mag top 100, MARTIN GARRIX and DIMITRI VEGAS & LIKE MIKE. Also adding massive weight to the line-up are AFROJACK, DON DIABLO, NERVO, R3HAB, ALOK, SALVATORE GANACCI, BROOKS, DANTE KLEIN, MARCUS SANTORO and DJ LICIOUS, all set to lead you on a voyage of their own.

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History and Syria are inseparable identities. In the land of Syria, man planted the first grain, on the banks of the River Khabour he discovered copper. Syrian man manufactured iron, steel and bronze alleys and was the first to use potteries for cooking. In Tall al Baharia the earliest writings were discovered. Inhabitants of Karmasha in Hama were considered the earliest human dynasties before the discovery of the Neanderthal man. Syria offered humanity the first alphabet of Ugarit (Ras Shamra) and the first musical piece"...

At dawn, high on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, a Buddhist monk in saffron robes chants blessings over athletes limbering up to run 100 kilometres across sand dunes, rivers and ravines.

The crowd of sporty, middle-class urbanites had spent thousands of yuan to travel to Longyangxia Reservoir in north-western Qinghai province for an 'ultra-marathon' - a drastic change from a decade ago, when few Chinese raced even in cities and gear might include"...

Public Establishment for International Fairs & Exhibitions announced the program of artistic festival in 60th edition of Damascus International Fair.

The program of the artistic festival includes concerts performed by the a number of Syrian and Arab singers, such as Walid Tawfiq, Mayada bsilis, Hazem al-Sharif, Nancy Zabalawi and Ziad Bourgi.

The program also includes"...

The Roman amphitheater in Jablieh City, dating back to the 2nd century AD, is one of the most important Roman amphitheaters in Syria and the Middle East, and it is the only Roman amphitheater at the Syrian coast.

The amphitheater was used as a castle in the Islamic ages and it embraces 35 rows of stairs and many corridors.

Over the past few years, the amphitheater went"...