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Various governments in the region are looking to new, alternative tourism models to drive their pandemic recoveries, with an emphasis on ecological options and “staycations”. Both in order to reboot its tourism industry and as part of its drive to diversify the economy away from hydrocarbons, Saudi Arabia is developing several major ecological tourism projects. In April 2021...

The initial wave of lockdowns in early 2020 prompted education entities to rapidly move to teaching online. While this broad-based shift towards digital learning has largely been reactive, in many cases it accelerated an existing transition to a more blended and technologically oriented approach. However, further investment and policy initiatives are required – including...

While higher education institutions have been effective in developing short-term solutions to some of the challenges associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, they can also play a key role in realising long-term governmental development strategies that can boost the prospects of a sustainable recovery. This is a particularly pressing issue for countries in the Gulf, many of which...

The economy is a key driver of societal and cultural development. Therefore, the most important considerations when analysing the robustness of an economy must include the following questions: how could the economy help realise the ambitions of all segments of society? how could the economy champion the interests of all community members? how could peoples’ efforts become a...