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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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Austria Battles Major Flooding after Record Downpours

A view of the sunset during a heatwave as temperatures reached more than 36 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country, at Lake Zicksee, Austria, August 15, 2024. (Reuters)
A view of the sunset during a heatwave as temperatures reached more than 36 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country, at Lake Zicksee, Austria, August 15, 2024. (Reuters)
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Austria Battles Major Flooding after Record Downpours

A view of the sunset during a heatwave as temperatures reached more than 36 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country, at Lake Zicksee, Austria, August 15, 2024. (Reuters)
A view of the sunset during a heatwave as temperatures reached more than 36 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country, at Lake Zicksee, Austria, August 15, 2024. (Reuters)

Heavy rains lashed Alpine regions of Austria and left parts of Vienna under water at the weekend, causing severe damage in parts of the country and disrupting road and rail transport, authorities and local media said.

Fast-moving torrents of muddy water swept cars through the ski resort of St. Anton, in western Austria, on Friday, footage posted on social media showed. Meanwhile record rainfall hit parts of Vienna in the east of the country on Saturday, state broadcaster ORF said.

A woman was dragged under a bus by the force of flooding in the Doebling area in the north of the city on Saturday, ORF said. She was taken to hospital in a critical condition, it added.

Fire services in the capital were called out more than 450 times on Saturday as the downpours caused traffic chaos and disrupted rail transport, according to ORF.

"Heavy storms have done great damage in many parts of Austria," Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on X, thanking officials who were working to clear up the damage.

In Vienna's Doebling district, officials registered 110 liters of rain per square meter, which ORF Vienna meteorologist Kevin Hebenstreit said was a record for August rainfall in the city.

A large proportion of Vienna's average summer rainfall hit on Saturday in just one hour, according to weather data firm UBIMET.

On average in August it rains a total of 68 liters per square meter, with the all-time record being 139 liters on May 15, 1885, according to ORF.