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Saudi Arabia’s Monsha’at Organizes Tourism Week to Support Entrepreneurs

Monsha’at organizes tourism week to support entrepreneurs. (SPA)
Monsha’at organizes tourism week to support entrepreneurs. (SPA)
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Saudi Arabia’s Monsha’at Organizes Tourism Week to Support Entrepreneurs

Monsha’at organizes tourism week to support entrepreneurs. (SPA)
Monsha’at organizes tourism week to support entrepreneurs. (SPA)

The General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises (Monsha’at) is planning to host a series of events during "tourism week" in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, to be held from August 25 to 29.
According to Monsha’at, this aims to help local entrepreneurs and investors by highlighting investment opportunities and government support programs for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Monsha’at will conduct eight workshops as part of the week-long event, covering topics such as innovation in tourism, tourism routes, tour guides, and showcasing successful local tourism businesses.
The event is part of a nationwide effort to boost the tourism sector; similar events will take place simultaneously in Riyadh, Jeddah, and Al-Khobar.

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2 Russians Rescued, 1 Missing After a Mass of Ice Hits a Climbing Team on a Pakistan Peak 

A view of the Passu Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan, October 8, 2023. (Reuters) 
A view of the Passu Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan, October 8, 2023. (Reuters) 
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2 Russians Rescued, 1 Missing After a Mass of Ice Hits a Climbing Team on a Pakistan Peak 

A view of the Passu Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan, October 8, 2023. (Reuters) 
A view of the Passu Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan, October 8, 2023. (Reuters) 

A Pakistani army helicopter rescued two Russians while one is missing after their team was hit by a pile of ice on a treacherous peak in the country’s north, an official said Monday.

Karrar Haidri, the secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, said a rescue mission was underway to safely bring down two more climbers who were part of the five-member Russian team stranded on Gasherbrum peak in the Karakoram range after the ice formation hit their team.

“Unfortunately, the expedition encountered a devastating disaster. As the team ascended the mountain, an ice formation, possibly a serac, collapsed, unleashing a catastrophic event,” Haidri said.

He said the rescue mission was launched on Saturday after the ice hit the climbers, who were on a mission to retrieve the body of a climber lost on the same mountain in 2023.

He said there was no government advisory about bad weather and the climbers faced the disaster suddenly after the mass of ice fell on them.

Hundreds of climbers try to scale mountains in northern Pakistan every year, and such accidents are common because of avalanches and sudden weather changes.

Last week, a Pakistani climber Murad Sadpara, 35, known for taking part in high-altitude rescue missions died during a descent from one of the country’s tallest mountains in the north.