Yemen News Agency (SABA)
Home      Revolution Leader   About President   Local   International   US-Saudi Aggression   Economy   Reports   development and community initiatives  
فارسي | Español | Deutsch | Français | عـربي | RSS Feed
Search | Advance Search
 
  Local
Israeli Enemy warplanes launch series of airstrikes on Hodeida
[07 July 2025]
Sana’a – Discussion on enhancing performance of Cardiac Center at Al-Kuwait University Hospital
[06 July 2025]
Red Crescent Team qualifies for final of martyr Al-Kuhlani Football tournament in Hajjah
[06 July 2025]
Dhamar: March, events commemorating martyrdom of Imam Hussein
[06 July 2025]
Nine Fish Markets in Sana’a penalized for health violations
[06 July 2025]
 
  International
BRICS Summit calls for full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza; Hamas welcomes statement
[07 July 2025]
U.S. Treasury Secretary: Musk should stay out of politics
[06 July 2025]
Maariv: Majority of Gaza envelope residents feel unsafe, plan to leave
[06 July 2025]
Gaza Health Ministry: Severe shortage of blood units
[06 July 2025]
Russian Defense Ministry: 48 Ukrainian Drones shot down over several regions
[06 July 2025]
 
  Reports
With awareness of al-Hussein, injustice of Gaza, Yemen commemorates Ashura with stance, revolution
[05 July 2025]
Government of Change & Construction: Strengthening service stability & consolidating internal security
[05 July 2025]
Zakat in Al-Hodeidah: A Fruit of Awareness and a Pillar of Social Solidarity
[04 July 2025]
Education: Construction, resilience front tops state's priorities for eleventh year: Report
[04 July 2025]
Yemeni Customs enhances community presence with humanitarian & developmental initiatives
[04 July 2025]
 
  US-Saudi Aggression
Two civilians & African migrant injured by Saudi enemy fire in Sa'ada
[06 July 2025]
US-Saudi-Emirati crimes on this day in history
[06 July 2025]
US-Saudi-Emirati crimes on this day in history
[05 July 2025]
US-Saudi-Emirati crimes on this day in history
[04 July 2025]
US-Saudi-Emirati crimes on this day in history
[03 July 2025]
  Tourism
The crimes of Saudi aggression on Yemen- Losing tourism
The crimes of Saudi aggression on Yemen- Losing tourism
The crimes of Saudi aggression on Yemen- Losing tourism
[Sun, 14 Apr 2019 14:11:24 +0300]



SANAA, April 14 (Saba) -The approximate losses faced by the Yemeni Tourism sector as a result of the aggression and the siege inflicted by the US-Saudi led coalition is six billion four hundred and seventy-seven dollars.

According to a report issued by the Tourism Promotion Board, the number of tourism sites and establishments targeted by the US-Saudi coalition causing full, partial or little damage is calculated to be 230 places and facilities.

These facilities provide various services related to tourism activities varied between accommodation services like hotels, touristic cities, resorts, touristic baths, restaurants, cafes, gardens, rest houses, parks and events halls, and tourism institutes, agencies and car rental.

All have been directly or indirectly damaged varied between partial, medium and total destruction, in addition to the layoff for more than 95% of the working staff in touristic facilities of all types.

The report pointed out that the loss of the Tourism Promotion Board was estimated at more than 9 million dollars.

The damages assessment study on tourism sector and services associated with tourism industry, which has been conducted by Ministry of Tourism and Yemen Tourism Promotion Board in cooperation with Yemeni center of Remote Sensing and GIS systems, has revealed a great decline in the flights of operating airlines in the Republic of Yemen from 223 flights per week to only 17 flights, which is only (14) weekly flights of Yemenia Airways instead of (102) flights, while Felix Airways flights declined from (55) to only (3) weekly flights.

For both Arab and foreign airlines in addition to technical flights, there were zero flights recorded, when they were varied between (52) and (14) weekly flights each.

For example, Yemenia Airways, since the first month of the aggression, has suffered losses of more than (12) million USD - according to a declaration by an official source in Yemenia Airways which was published Tourism Journal in November 2015.

The Saudi led-coalition aggression accompanied by land, sea and air siege, has led to the suspension of all flights to Yemen, in addition to the destruction of most airports and seaports in Yemeni causing them out of service.

Due to this aggression, tourism agencies have suffered losses of more than 1.2 billion USD, as they were about to bring tourists groups from Russia, East Asia and Eastern Europe. While the losses of hotels sector has reached an amount of (480) million USD ,not to mention the damages in the infrastructures constituted in the destruction of buildings, facilities, ports and airplanes that being targeted directly.

It is indicated that the losses volume in tourism sector is increasing continuously with the continuation of the Saudi-American aggression which is led by Saudi Arabia on Yemen and its persistence to destroy the Yemeni civilization, history, land and people.



Written by Mona Zaid

Saba


Whatsapp
Telegram
Print

  more of (Tourism)
UPDATED ON :Mon, 07 Jul 2025 01:07:26 +0300