Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou left Cairo on Monday for Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, to take part in meetings of the 18th session of the Arab council of tourism and its executive bureau.

The two-day meetings will be held on December 17-18.

The 17th session of the Arab tourism ministers chose in November 2014 Zaazou to preside over the steering committee of the project of developing Arab tourism.