September Net

As the demand on services and convenience amenities increases in Marib, hundreds of new hotels and other tourist and recreation facilities were given the official permit to start operating the government-held city of Marib in Yemen’s east.

The Deputy Director of the local Tourism Ministry office Yaser al-Aghbari said that 497 hotels were permitted to operate recently compared to only 64 permits given in the year 2010, Yemen News Agency Saba reported.

Wedding celebration halls, travel agencies, tourist restaurants and child amusement parks came next in the number of projects that sought and attained operation permits.