Tourism illustrates the true significance of peace, Tourism Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen (Blue and White) said Monday during a conference with representatives from the Persian Gulf.
She was speaking at a panel held during the UK’s World Travel Market event. The event, the second-largest international tourism fair, involved United Arab Emirates Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Ahmad bin Abdullah Belhoul Al Falasi and Bahraini Industry Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed R. Alzayani.
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Moderator and CNN business editor John Defterios mentioned his work covering the Abraham Accords and said all nations involved in it share “a DNA for business.”
Falasi said while his country has great universities, it is always important to travel to experience new cultures, and he takes his children to a new country on each family vacation.
The Israeli and Bahraini economies are both diverse, Alzayani said, adding that as his nation is not as oil rich as other countries in the region and has many young people “for whom we wish to create opportunities.”
“Being small nations, we need to distinguish ourselves,” he said.
His island nation’s long history of commerce on the Silk Road means that “meeting another culture is nothing new for us,” Alzayani said.

SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST