Expo Centre Sharjah launches Islamic Travel Summit in 2015

Putting spotlight on the $137 billion global Islamic tourism market

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Sharjah, which has been which has been chosen as the Capital of Arab Tourism for 2015, is set to play a bigger role in promoting cooperation within OIC Member States in the tourism sector, Sharjah Expo Centre said in a statement on Thursday.

It added that putting spotlight on the $137 billion global Islamic tourism market, Expo Centre Sharjah, is for the first time, set to host the inaugural World Islamic Tourism Summit & Exhibition incorporating the second OIC Tourism Fair in 2015. An MoU to bring the two events together at Expo Centre was signed last week.

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