Emirate ye I-Ras Al Khaimah iqanjwe ngokuthi 'iGulf Tourism Capital' ngoNgqongqoshe Bezokuvakasha bamazwe angamalungu e-Gulf Cooperation Council ngesikhathi somhlangano wakamuva e-Muscat, e-Oman, lapho bedingide khona izinyathelo okuhloswe ngazo ukuxhumanisa imizamo yezokuvakasha ezifundazweni ze-GCC.
Umhlangano ubuhanjelwe ithimba le-UAE eliholwa nguMohammed Khamis Al Muhairi, Umeluleki kaNgqongqoshe Wezomnotho Wezindaba Zokuvakasha, egameni likaSultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, uNgqongqoshe Wezomnotho, kusho umbiko ku-WAM. U-Al Mansouri uthe ukukhethwa kukaRas Al Khaimah njengenhloko-dolobha yezokuvakasha eGulf kugqamisa isikhundla esiphambili se-UAE njengendawo edumile yezokuvakasha, wathi eminyakeni edlule ibone ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwenani labavakashi abavakashela izwe bevela emhlabeni wonke, futhi bencoma isinqumo songqongqoshe bezokuvakasha be-GCC nezikhulu.
Ethula impumelelo ebalulekile kwezokuvakasha, u-Al Muhairi uthe ngo-2018, isibalo sezivakashi zamahhotela ezivakashela i-UAE sifinyelele ezigidini ezingu-25.6, okuwukunyuka ngamaphesenti angu-3.8 uma kuqhathaniswa no-2017. Ubuye wathi umbiko weWorld Tourism and Travel Council ngo-2019. uveze ukuthi umkhakha wezokuvakasha wenze amaphesenti angu-11.1 e-GDP ye-UAE ngo-2018, efinyelela ku-Dh 164.7 billion ($44.8 billion). Lo mnikelo kulindeleke ukuthi ukhuphuke ngamaphesenti ama-3 ngonyaka wezi-2019, kanti ezokuvakasha zihlinzeke ngamaphesenti angama-9.6 emisebenzi isiyonke ngo-2018, ehambisana nezikhundla ezicishe zibe ngu-611,500.
U-Raki Phillips, oyi-CEO ye-Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority uthe, "Kuyilungelo elikhulu ukuthi isikhulu sase-Ras Al Khaimah sihlonishwe futhi siqanjwe ngokuthi "iGulf Tourism Capital" ngongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha nezikhulu eziphezulu zeGulf Cooperation Council. . Ngaphansi kobuholi obuhlakaniphile bukaSheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, ilungu lomkhandlu ophakeme kanye nombusi we-Ras Al Khaimah, i-Emirate inekusasa elithembisayo futhi siyaziqhenya ngokubamba iqhaza ekufezeni umbono wakhe. "
