Family tourism for Muslims was one of the themes of meetings held by the secretary-general & CEO of the Arab Brazilian Chamber The appointments occurred at the invitation of the city government of Foz do Iguaçu São Paulo – The secretary-general & CEO of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) The executive’s trip was made at the invitation of the city government Mansour attended the event’s opening and met with local and national authorities One of the main topics addressed during the trip was how to promote Muslim-friendly tourism and families as a whole “The visit was focused on the context of tourism we discussed how to make Foz do Iguaçu the first capital of ‘halal family-friendly’ tourism bringing more investments in sectors such as hotel chains The same topic continued in conversations with the secretary of Tourism and Strategic Projects of Foz do Iguaçu president of the Commercial and Business Association of Foz do Iguaçu (ACIFI) in addition to joint work in areas such as certification of origin and documents One of the meetings was with the general director of Itaipu Binacional and the general manager of the Itaipu Tourism Complex We debated a lot about possibilities such as joint ventures and investments,” pointed out Mansour On a visit to the Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Mosque the secretary-general watched presentations on the philanthropic and religious work of the place in addition to meeting with authorities such as the Minister of Tourism and the president of the Brazilian Agency for International Promotion of Tourism (Embratur) “I had excellent conversations that could lead to future actions,” he pointed out Mansour also discussed projects such as the creation of an intelligent Muslim neighborhood with the use of technologies and automation The idea is for the area’s construction to be carried out jointly by Brazilians and Arabs businessman and director of the Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Mosque who collaborated and followed the appointments in the city chairman of the Board of Directors of Sicoob with whom he also spoke about topics such as Islamic finance and federal government authorities lead us to only one certainty and Foz do Iguaçu is the best-prepared city for it,” concluded Mansour The Falls Festival encompasses other activities, such as the Tourism and Business Show and the Iguassu International Tourism Forum the lecture to close the forum’s schedule will be by Marcus Vinicius The executive will address Muslim-friendly tourism bringing data on this population and opportunities to invest in the sector According to estimates by the State of Global Islamic Economy halal tourism is expected to capitalize USD 189 billion by 2025 Professionals will be hired all over the world to fly Boeing and Airbus aircraft A roadshow is set to take place in São Paulo in June The Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA) is the news website of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce Its goal is to promote communication between Brazilians and Arabs.