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Capital city hosts German tourists

Representatives from German business and the country's tourism industry met the emirate's tourism authority to discuss possible partnerships and joint investments.

The visit follows that of German tour operators and travel agents in February to sharpen their knowledge of Abu Dhabi to help sell it as a tourist destination.

The ADTA is seeking to promote Abu Dhabi around Europe as a holiday location. Germany, along with Britain, is seen by ADTA as a key country from which to entice tourists.

Ali Ahmed Al Hosani, ADTA head of marketing, said: "Germany is one of the most important markets in which we are aggressively promoting Abu Dhabi. It suffices to say that the number of German tourists visiting the emirate round the year is among the highest. This number is increasing steadily, thanks to the efforts of our office in Frankfurt [which opened in March this year]."

Abu Dhabi airline Etihad has been flying directly to Munich since June 2004 and Frankfurt since June last year. It increased the number of flights to Munich from three to five a week at the end of March.

Citing the ADTA's upcoming participation at the IMEX travel exhibition in Frankfurt at the end of this month, Al Hosani said that the tourism body is keen to have a strong presence at various travel and tourism events in Germany.

"It is precisely for this reason that we participated in the UAE-German economic partnership forum which was held in Munich on May 9," he said.

Police academy will hold two workshops

DUBAI — The Dubai Police Academy will organise two workshops in Doha on ‘Forecast science and its effect on future planning’ and ‘Development of negotiation skills’ from May 21 to 25.

The workshops will be organised by the Security and Administrative Institute of Dubai Police in collaboration with the Arab Organisation for Administrative Affairs. About 50 leading personalities from the Arab world are expected to participate in the workshop and the Police Academy lecturers will deliver a series of lectures as well as present working papers.

Dr Mohamed Ahmed bin Fahd, Director of the Police Academy, said the police Academy will organise 15 workshops during the current year. He said the the organisation of these special workshop reflects the vision of Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police, Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, who believes in building strong relations with internal security departments and security authorities throughout the Arab world.

Budget training for staff of civic body

DUBAI — Dubai Municipality is organising a special training course on preparation of budgets for its staff.

The course is being conducted as part of the ongoing internal training programme of the civic body for the year 2006.

Ahmed Ibrahim Al Zarouni, Acting Head of Human Resources Development Section in the Personnel Department, said the course, to be held from Monday to Wednesday, would be attended by a group of Administrative Officers and Heads of Units of the municipality. The course is aimed at familiarising the participants with the techniques of acquiring the skills and methods to prepare budgets on the basis of the programmes and performances of the organisational unit. ‘Six Thinking Hats’ is the title of the second course for the week. It would be organised Saturday onwards.

Outgoing US CG calls on Harib

DUBAI — The Director of the Dubai Ruler's Court, Khalfan Harib on Wednesday conferred with the outgoing US Consul-General in Dubai Jason Davis, who called on him at the end of his tenure. Khalfan Harib wished him success in his career.

Davis expressed delight over the constructive and fruitful cooperation he was accorded during his term of office in Dubai, and said the quick response from officials helped in cementing ties between the Ruler's Court and the US Consulate-General.

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