A ban on electronic devices on board flights from Dubai bound for the United States put in place by Donald Trump is expected to cause sales to drop by as much as USD 2 million, the DDF’s CEO estimates.
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The growth was driven by an increase in Chinese and Russian visitors due to the new visa policies put in place by the United Arab Emirates for those countries.
Approximately 320 employees of pharma company El Kendi are spending this week in Rio de Janeiro. Their schedule includes tourism and integration activities.
Entries will be open until May 2 for the final stage of a program from Brazil’s Fundação Biblioteca Nacional. Grants of up to USD 8,000 are available for translation of Brazilian books.
Up until May 31, the city’s Line 4 Metro stations are hosting an exhibition of photographs of the African country.
Industry turnover reached USD 652 million in the first two months of the year in the Arab country. Tourist numbers went up in spite of the conflicts underway in neighboring countries.
Wemerson da Silva Nogueira is in a ten-strong shortlist for a global teachers’ award from the Varkey Foundation, sponsored by Dubai’s emir. He will attend the award ceremony on March 19th in the emirate.
Ali El Khatib of the Jerusalem Institute in Brazil will travel to the Arab country to gather information in order to create a scientific-cultural route tailored for Brazilian tourists.
The city’s International Theater Festival will feature three plays by Lebanese director Rabih Mroué, and Palestine’s Ihab Zahdeh is coordinating a residency. The event begins on Tuesday (14).
Royal Air Maroc expanded its services taking off from Beirut to destinations such as São Paulo, Rio, New York and Washington, via Casablanca. Travelling time was reduced.
Exhibitions, lectures, film festivals, debates, concerts, among other events, will be held in cities in Brazil and abroad starting March 18.
On the 17th, the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center will host the lecture ‘Baroque Sacred Art in Brazil and Portugal,’ and the opening of a showing of photos of the city of Ouro Preto, in Minas Gerais.
The São Paulo Museum of Sacred Art is offering the course ‘Islamic Civilization and Art’ from March 4 to May 6. It will rely on artworks to illustrate the historical development of societies throughout the Arab world.
Visitor numbers increased by 167% at the Sambadrome and by 203% in street parades, compared with last year’s numbers.
