2017-05-02T06:18:26+00:00 2017-05-02T06:18:26+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/strategy-of-kuwait-tourism-sector-ministry-of-information-is-to-push-mice-tourism.htm

<p><img src="images/stories/kuwait_report/2017/videos/tourism/mice-kuwait.jpg" alt="Strategy of Kuwait Tourism Sector (Ministry of Information) Is to Push MICE Tourism" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 20px; float: left;" width="200" height="110" />"The majority of our tourists are from the GCC countries. Our top market is Saudi Arabia, followed by Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, and Oman. Tourists from these countries are mainly families coming to Kuwait to visit friends and family," says Faisal Al-Duraie, Director of Research &amp; Tourism Information at the Ministry of Information - Tourism Sector.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p>

<p><img src="images/stories/kuwait_report/2017/videos/tourism/mice-kuwait.jpg" alt="Strategy of Kuwait Tourism Sector (Ministry of Information) Is to Push MICE Tourism" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 20px; float: left;" width="200" height="110" />"The majority of our tourists are from the GCC countries. Our top market is Saudi Arabia, followed by Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, and Oman. Tourists from these countries are mainly families coming to Kuwait to visit friends and family," says Faisal Al-Duraie, Director of Research &amp; Tourism Information at the Ministry of Information - Tourism Sector.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> 2017-04-03T07:33:32+00:00 2017-04-03T07:33:32+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/kuwait-is-prioritizing-youth-development-exclusive-interview-with-dr-yousef-al-ibrahim-al-diwan-al-amiri.htm Dominika Bzduchova dominika@marcopolis.net

<img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" alt="Dr. Yousef Al-Ibrahim, Economic Adviser at Al-Diwan Al-Amiri, Minister's Degree" src="images/stories/kuwait_report/2017/interviews/diwan/Dr-Yousef-Al-Ibrahim-Economic-Adviser-Al-Diwan-Al-Amiri.jpg" height="110" width="200" /> <p>"With the vision of His Highness the Emir, quite a long time ago Kuwait started to pay a lot of attention to the youth and tried to help them get on the path to be a positive power in society instead of a destructive power in society. Mainly through the Amiri Diwan, we started to be catalysts for many projects."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p>

<img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" alt="Dr. Yousef Al-Ibrahim, Economic Adviser at Al-Diwan Al-Amiri, Minister's Degree" src="images/stories/kuwait_report/2017/interviews/diwan/Dr-Yousef-Al-Ibrahim-Economic-Adviser-Al-Diwan-Al-Amiri.jpg" height="110" width="200" /> <p>"With the vision of His Highness the Emir, quite a long time ago Kuwait started to pay a lot of attention to the youth and tried to help them get on the path to be a positive power in society instead of a destructive power in society. Mainly through the Amiri Diwan, we started to be catalysts for many projects."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> 2017-03-21T13:56:51+00:00 2017-03-21T13:56:51+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/kuwait-s-gdp-growth-budget-deficit-and-oil-prices-in-2017.htm

<p><img src="images/stories/kuwait_report/2017/videos/bader/kuwait-budget.jpg" alt="Kuwait’s GDP Growth, Budget Deficit, and Oil Prices in 2017" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 20px; float: left;" height="110" width="200" />"I have a friend who is a specialist in oil, he said to me “if you ask me tomorrow what would be the price of oil, I would not judge it”. In the past, if you remember, the oil prices in a week or even a month could go up or down by 50 cents or maximum by a US dollar, but now they can drop or rise by one US dollar or by three," says Bader Al Humaidhi, Former Minister of Finance.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p>

<p><img src="images/stories/kuwait_report/2017/videos/bader/kuwait-budget.jpg" alt="Kuwait’s GDP Growth, Budget Deficit, and Oil Prices in 2017" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 20px; float: left;" height="110" width="200" />"I have a friend who is a specialist in oil, he said to me “if you ask me tomorrow what would be the price of oil, I would not judge it”. In the past, if you remember, the oil prices in a week or even a month could go up or down by 50 cents or maximum by a US dollar, but now they can drop or rise by one US dollar or by three," says Bader Al Humaidhi, Former Minister of Finance.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> 2017-02-19T11:27:06+00:00 2017-02-19T11:27:06+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/kuwait-financial-outlook-2017-by-bader-al-humaidhi-kuwait-may-have-budget-deficit-beyond-2025.htm Dominika Bzduchova dominika@marcopolis.net

<img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" alt="Bader Al Humaidhi, Former Minister of Finance" src="images/stories/kuwait_report/2017/interviews/al-humaidhi/Bader-Al-Humaidhi-Former-Minister-of-Finance-Kuwait.jpg" height="110" width="200" /> <p>"Corruption is rife, Kuwait jumped up 20 places in the ranking for corruption. Unfortunately up to now, democracy has not been helping the development of Kuwait as it used to in the 60s, 70s and partially in the 80s."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p>

<img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" alt="Bader Al Humaidhi, Former Minister of Finance" src="images/stories/kuwait_report/2017/interviews/al-humaidhi/Bader-Al-Humaidhi-Former-Minister-of-Finance-Kuwait.jpg" height="110" width="200" /> <p>"Corruption is rife, Kuwait jumped up 20 places in the ranking for corruption. Unfortunately up to now, democracy has not been helping the development of Kuwait as it used to in the 60s, 70s and partially in the 80s."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p>