Tourism Ministry disburses all overdue payments for charter flights incentive program

The Tourism Ministry has disbursed all overdue payments owed for enrolled foreign charter airlines under the first phase of the incentives program, which expired last month, Tourism Minister Rania Al Mashat said, according to Al Mal. The authority had disbursed payments covering until April 2017 last January. The second phase of the ministry’s incentive program, which offers payouts and fee exemptions to flights and tour operators that bring in a certain number of tourists, was launched this month and will continue to the end of April 2020.