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Tourism and Antiquities: 50% of Palestine hotels classified

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Bethlehem together - a year after the launch of a classification system hotels Palestinian (Mark Star Guide) announced that the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities that 50% of the total Palestinian hotels under the classification process has become classified by the Joint Committee for the classification of Palestinian hotels, classified according to the number of degrees (stars).

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, in partnership with the Joint Commission for the classification of hotels and the problem of the Association of Arab Hotels Association holy land for inbound tourism has launched a rating system in June of the year 2013, in an effort to keep up with the increasing volume of investment in the hotel sector the Palestinians and raise the quality of services and facilities provided for tourists, it which will contribute to creating a positive image for the Palestinian hotels and level of services, confirming the participation of 56 hotels Palestinian workers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem within the classification process.

The system of hotel classification system mandatory for all Palestinian hotels where follows the classification system groups star hotels from 1 to 5 stars, each star on a certain level of standards mandatory and optional for the purposes of the diversity of the product, also focuses on the services provided, such as food services and concierge services on the other hand hygiene and maintenance and major prerequisite for all categories, that is according to the international standards.


She said Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Rola Maiah: We aim to support the tourism sector and give a bright picture for the Palestinian tourism, therefore, become one of the leading countries in this field in the Middle East, and the project Mark Star Guide projects that occupies priority since Tqlde my current position as well as it has the form of interest Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine in this area particularly strong motivation for all of us, because of this project of positive results in terms of the services provided and the increase in the number of workers in this sector, in addition to the large contribution to be provided by the national economy, Mbrqh greetings and thanks to all the partners in this project from the private sector It is a project (Compete), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

And in turn, has made it clear Ali Abu Srour, Director General of Tourism Professions in the ministry and the head of the Joint Committee: We are working with all the partners in order to show the tourism sector of the Palestinian beautiful image, and pointed out that the tourists in the world will use the Internet to book hotel rooms directly, which will bring greater diversity to the tourists and return the largest of the hotels and positive market competition and new at the same time.

The Sami Abu shank file manager classification in the ministry on the readiness of the ministry to complete the classification of all hotels by the end of this year, pointing to the presence of several difficulties, the most important financial difficulties under the current circumstances faced by hotels in order to provide the financial requirements needed in order to fully process of providing the requirements and criteria for the classification system. Revealing the total Palestinian hotels subject to classification by category classification required.

The introduction of a rating system Palestinian hotels to the hotel industry, would contribute to raising standards overall quality accommodations and will provide clarity and assurance to the consumer and the worker in the tourism sector, and reflects the success of the partnership between the public and private sectors, who are considered the cornerstone of this system. The standards contained in the classification system Palestinian hotels and the more than 300 standard, adopted after the process of research and discussion and field visits by the Joint Commission to ensure that the classification system transparent and follows the best international standards in this area.
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