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For the ninth edition of the Saudi Travel and Tourism Investment Market in Riyadh (March 30 – April 3, 2015), one of the Middle East’s most important tourism business events, the organisers have invit
For the ninth edition of the Saudi Travel and Tourism Investment Market in Riyadh (March 30 – April 3, 2015), one of the Middle East’s most important tourism business events, the organisers have invited a delegation of eight tourism experts from the Tourism Consultants Network (a section of The Tourism Society) to speak at the workshop sessions.
With some 115 members, the TCN is the biggest professional association of tourism consultants in Europe, and this initiative, negotiated by chairman Roger Goodacre with the Saudi Commission of Tourism and Antiquities following initial discussions at the WTM London last November, is one of a number designed to create links with national tourism organisations and international agencies around the world.
It has been more than 25 years since Mel Gibson painted his face two-thirds blue, pulled on a kilt and howled: “They may take our lives but they’ll never take our freedom.” The film won five Oscars and made box office history for its bloody battle scenes and literal cast of thousands. It also irked many historians for taking creative liberties with the plot. But now it has been claimed that Braveheart did more to bring visitors to Scotland than its own national tourism body could have achieved in 20 years. Tom Buncle, who was chief executive of the Scottish Tourist Board at the time, said nothing since has compared to the influence of Mel Gibson’s epic William Wallace tale.
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