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ADNEC Opens Registration for 1st Edition of Abu Dhabi International Food Exhibition

ADNEC Opens Registration for 1st Edition of Abu Dhabi International Food Exhibition
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ADNEC Opens Registration for 1st Edition of Abu Dhabi International Food Exhibition

ADNEC Opens Registration for 1st Edition of Abu Dhabi International Food Exhibition

ADNEC Group in co-operation with Abu Dhabi Agriculture & Food Safety Authority announced that registration is open for participating in the activities of the first edition of the Abu Dhabi International Food Exhibition (ADIFE).

The event will be held from 6th to 8th December, 2022 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center under the patronage of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, and Chairman of the Board of ADAFSA.

The first edition of ADIFE is expected to witness large-scale local and international participation, with more than 15 national pavilions including Turkey, India, Brazil, Iran, Morocco, South Africa, Bulgaria, Greece, Lebanon, Malaysia, Thailand, the Netherlands, as well as Lithuania, Ukraine, and Russia, state news agency WAM reported.

In addition, the event will see the participation of major companies specializing in the food, beverage and hospitality sectors, along with numerous experts, specialists, and decision-makers in these vital sectors.

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Barcelona Will Raise Tourist Tax for Cruise Passengers

FILE PHOTO: Tourists and residents drink on a street in Gracia neighborhood during a heatwave of the summer, in Barcelona, Spain August 19, 2023. REUTERS/Bruna Casas//File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Tourists and residents drink on a street in Gracia neighborhood during a heatwave of the summer, in Barcelona, Spain August 19, 2023. REUTERS/Bruna Casas//File Photo
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Barcelona Will Raise Tourist Tax for Cruise Passengers

FILE PHOTO: Tourists and residents drink on a street in Gracia neighborhood during a heatwave of the summer, in Barcelona, Spain August 19, 2023. REUTERS/Bruna Casas//File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Tourists and residents drink on a street in Gracia neighborhood during a heatwave of the summer, in Barcelona, Spain August 19, 2023. REUTERS/Bruna Casas//File Photo

Barcelona will raise the tourist tax for cruise passengers visiting the city for less than 12 hours, the mayor said in an interview published on Sunday.
Jaume Collboni said the current tourist tax for stopover cruise passengers was 7 euros ($7.61) per day. He did not say by how much the tax would be increased, reported Reuters.
"We are going to propose..substantially increasing the tax for stopover cruise passengers," he told El Pais newspaper.
"In the case of stopover cruise passengers (less than 12 hours) there is intensive use of public space without any benefit for the city and a feeling of occupation and saturation. We want to have tourism that is respectful of the destination."
He said tourists, not local tax payers, should pay for local projects like air-conditioning schools.
The proposal will have to be agreed with the Catalan regional government, Collboni said.
In recent weeks, anti-tourism activists have staged protests in popular holiday destinations across Spain, such as Palma de Mallorca, Malaga and the Canary Islands, saying visitors drive up housing costs and lead to residents being unable to afford to live in city centers.
Another protest is planned in Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the largest Balearic Island on Sunday evening.
Collboni announced last month that the city will bar apartment rentals to tourists by 2028, an unexpectedly drastic move as it seeks to rein in soaring housing costs and make the city liveable for residents.