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86. The Committee welcomed the offer of the Republic of Sudan to host the
Second Islamic Conference of Transport Ministers in the second half of 2017
and called upon the Member Countries and the relevant OIC Organs and
Institutions including the COMCEC Secretariat to actively participate in this
important event.
87. The Committee appreciated the efforts of the OIC General Secretariat to
sensitize the OIC Member States concerned to the need to include the
respective national segments along the OIC Dakar-Port Sudan Railway corridor
in their national development plans and requested the Member states
concerned to submit their well-designed feasibility studies to the IDB Group
and other international development banks for securing adequate technical
support and financing for this project.
Agenda Item 7: Developing a Sustainable and Competitive Tourism Sector
88. Taking note with appreciation of the convening of the 9th Meeting of the
Tourism Working Group on February 16th, 2017 in Ankara with the theme of
“Muslim Friendly Tourism (MFT): Regulating Accommodation Establishments
in the OIC Member Countries”, the Committee welcomed the Draft COMCEC
MFT Guideline as a reference document produced by the Working Group.
(Draft COMCEC MFT Guideline document is attached as Annex IX.)
89. The Committee called upon the Member States, which have registered to
the COMCEC Tourism Working Group to actively participate in the 10th
Meeting of the Tourism Working Group to be held on September 21 st, 2017 in
Ankara with the theme of “Risk and Crisis Management in Tourism Sector:
Recovery From Crisis in the OIC Member Countries”. The Committee also
called upon the Member States, which have not done so yet, to register to the
COMCEC Tourism Working Group.
90. The Committee took note of the report of the 5th Meeting of the
OIC/COMCEC Private Sector Tourism Forum held on May 4th, 2017 in
İstanbul, Turkey with the theme of “Crisis Communication and Management in
Tourism: Recent Challenges and Solutions in OIC Countries.” The Committee
noted that the recommendations of the Forum can be considered by the
forthcoming meeting of the Tourism Working Group.
91. The Committee commended the efforts of Malaysia in partnership with
ten other Member Countries for the successful implementation of the project
titled “Short course on strategies in enhancing tourism workforce in
community-based tourism within OIC Member Countries” under the third
project call within the framework of the COMCEC Project Funding.