Saudi Tourism Minister: Kingdom to Provide 250,000 Jobs while Hosting Expo 2030

In a session entitled "Accelerated Progress in the Labor Market" at the Global Labor Market Conference, Al-Khateeb referred to the inauguration of the National Tourism Strategy in 2019. SPA
In a session entitled "Accelerated Progress in the Labor Market" at the Global Labor Market Conference, Al-Khateeb referred to the inauguration of the National Tourism Strategy in 2019. SPA
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Saudi Tourism Minister: Kingdom to Provide 250,000 Jobs while Hosting Expo 2030

In a session entitled "Accelerated Progress in the Labor Market" at the Global Labor Market Conference, Al-Khateeb referred to the inauguration of the National Tourism Strategy in 2019. SPA
In a session entitled "Accelerated Progress in the Labor Market" at the Global Labor Market Conference, Al-Khateeb referred to the inauguration of the National Tourism Strategy in 2019. SPA

Saudi Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb said Thursday the Kingdom will provide 250,000 jobs during its hosting of the Expo 2030 in Riyadh.

He stressed the importance of sustainable jobs that the Kingdom will provide, including 1,000 hotel rooms on the sidelines of the exhibition.

In a session entitled "Accelerated Progress in the Labor Market" at the Global Labor Market Conference, Al-Khateeb referred to the inauguration of the National Tourism Strategy in 2019, which will take the domestic product in this sector from 3% to 10% in 2030, which requires providing one million additional jobs by 2030.

The minister referred to the Kingdom's chairmanship of the Executive Council of the United Nations World Tourism Organization and its hosting of the forthcoming General Assembly of the council under three priorities: the sustainability of the planet and the environment; the assurance of suitable jobs for human beings, tourism growth, travel and double the number of services; and the importance of maintaining place in any tourist destination.

He explained that the world's population will reach 8.5 billion by 2030, noting that there is a digitization process for many services, including the labor market, especially in terms of trade and manufacturing that have been digitized since decades, which has had a negative impact on the labor market.

Al-Khateeb added that the travel and tourism sector represented 10% of the global labor market, and provided 330 million jobs in 2019 before the pandemic, and that airlines and hotels were the most affected sectors globally by losing 60 million jobs, saying: "We are back in the pre-pandemic according to figures by the United Nations World Tourism Organization, and the World Travel and Tourism Council, which is good."

He noted that the tourism sector globally provides 10% of jobs in the labor market, so it is an important sector for growth in the future, stressing the importance of maintaining the human component of the tourism sector as it plays an essential and central role in sharing the cultures from different countries that we travel to.



Nissan Reportedly Considers Transferring Some Domestic Production to US

FILE PHOTO: The American flag flutters at a Nissan automobile dealership in Irvine, California, US, March 27, 2025.  REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The American flag flutters at a Nissan automobile dealership in Irvine, California, US, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Nissan Reportedly Considers Transferring Some Domestic Production to US

FILE PHOTO: The American flag flutters at a Nissan automobile dealership in Irvine, California, US, March 27, 2025.  REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The American flag flutters at a Nissan automobile dealership in Irvine, California, US, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Nissan Motor is considering shifting some domestic production of US-bound vehicles to the US, the Nikkei reported on Saturday, as President Donald Trump ramps up trade tariffs on nations worldwide.
As early as this summer, Nissan plans to reduce production at its Fukuoka factory in western Japan and shift some manufacturing of its Rogue SUV to the United States to mitigate the impact of Trump's tariffs, the business newspaper said, without citing the source of its information.
The Japanese automaker's Rogue SUV, a key model in the US market, is now produced in Fukuoka and the United States, the report said, according to Reuters.
On Thursday, Nissan said it would not take new orders from the US for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs after earlier Trump tariff announcements, marking, a drastic scale-back of its operations at a joint venture plant.
The automaker now plans to maintain two shifts of production of the Rogue at its Smyrna, Tennessee, plant after announcing in January it would end one of the two shifts this month.
Nissan sold about 920,000 vehicles in the US last year, of which about 16% were exported from Japan, the Nikkei said, adding the planned production shift could hit local suppliers' businesses.