The number of visitors set a record and increased 16% in comparison to the previous year.
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Over 105,000 people went through the emirate’s airport terminals on December 31, the highest number ever registered in a single day.
Over 1,000 industry personnel from across Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East were welcomed by Dubai Tourism in the fourth quarter of the year.
‘Wadjda’, directed by Saudi filmmaker Haifaa al Mansour, will be shown on the second Sunday of 2017 at Sesc in the city of São Carlos.
Photographer Marcelo Schellini created a documentary on Egyptian stories and a book telling travel stories, with photos portraying how Arab culture was incorporated into Brazil’s. Both are part of his doctoral work.
The Brazilian company Volunteer Vacations offers trips to 16 countries. The programming focuses on volunteer work and includes refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon. For the latter, the next departure will be in April 2017.
Images of the city of Douma taken by two Syrian photographers are part of World Press Photo, an exhibition of the most prized photos of international journalism. The exhibition stays in Salvador until January 29.
Jordan’s Queen Alia International Airport handled 488,000 passengers in November, a 9% increase over the same month of last year.
The government is offering 20% off on tickets to archaeological sites during the year-end holidays and throughout January.
The storytelling for kids based on Arab stories will play on Tuesday (27) at the Sesc branch of the Greater São Paulo city. Artist Cris Guerra, of Lebanese descent, is the author of the show.
The institution opened this week to teach to new generations the tradition involved in falcon breeding and training.
Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, president of the Qatar Football Association is in Brazil to pay tribute to the football club involved in the air disaster that killed 71 people.
The industry grossed USD 860 million from January to October this year, despite an increase in both tourist and guest numbers.
Researchers of the subject will sit in roundtable discussions at a nationwide meeting from March 28 to 30 at Fluminense Federal University in Rio de Janeiro. The event will honor the historian Ciro Flamarion Cardoso.
