ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates assist plans by nations throughout the Asian area to restart their tourism and travel sectors safely and with proper protocols in place, says Ahmed Al Sayegh, UAE Minister of State in a virtual session of the 17th Ministerial Meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) hosted by, Turkey ACD’s present chair, Al Sayegh mentioned the UAE was wanting ahead to safely and openly welcoming the world to Dubai Expo 2020 later this yr.
“Expo 2020 will act as a launching pad for the worldwide community to build back better and stronger after the pandemic, and can provide an unparalleled alternative to share lessons, options, and concepts for a better future,’’ the minister mentioned.
“I imagine the UAE has a lot to offer to our fellow ACD member states with respect to health and tourism best practice within the context of this so-called “new normal”, and in striking an effective steadiness between the safety of life and livelihoods.’’ At the meeting, representatives from the 35 member states that include China, India, and Saudi Arabia as well as the UAE, amongst different member states, agreed to share info and the exchange of best practices to help the restoration of tourism, according to safety and hygiene protocols.
Delegates also agreed to cooperate on the event and promotion of nature-based tourism, where pandemic control policies permitted, with a focus on actions where physical distancing was possible, like mountaineering and trekking.
Also to boost cooperation on testing, tracing, screening, and treatment of COVID-19 patients, the event and distribution of protected, efficient, and affordable vaccines, and to share experiences in combating, preventing, and mitigating infectious diseases.
Al Sayegh mentioned that like all ACD member states, the UAE’s tourism and travel sectors had been impacted by the ongoing global pandemic. However, he mentioned, the UAE’s extensive testing, fast mobilization of health resources, and fast rapid roll-out of protected and effective vaccines meant the Government was assured that the nation was actually on the path to a nascent restoration.
“If something, the ongoing world pandemic has reiterated to us all of the very important must foster and develop multilateral cooperation. In this regard, the UAE is dedicated totally to supporting the ACD’s vision of harnessing our numerous strengths for a more prosperous and inclusive future.
“To ensure that us to reach our fight against COVID-19, it’s important that we increasingly leverage multilateral platforms such because the ACD to extend cooperation and constructive dialogue to deal with what’s no doubt a shared world challenge.
“The truth that the worldwide community is on this fight together pervades all parts of the UAE’s broader approach to COVID-19. We’ll proceed to do all we are able to to help other nations in addressing this problem,’’ the minister concluded.
