Minister of Economy meets chiefs of Miami Aviation Dept and Port

Miami: Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani has met the Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Miami-Dade Aviation Department Lester Sola, and  the Director of the Port of Miami Juan Kuryla, on the sidelines of the economic movement that began in Miami. 

Discussions during the meeting dealt with the prospects of joint cooperation in various fields. They also referred to the Miami International Airport, which has about 44 million passengers annually and  the importance of the presence of Qatar Airways in Miami and the excellent services it provides in its flights to passengers or cargo flights. 

They also discussed potential cooperation opportunities between the Port of Miami and the Doha Port, and opportunities in the maritime tourism and transport sector. The port of Miami receives  about 5.3 million tourists a year including marine tourism and ships.

The Minister of Economy and Commerce noted  that the city of Miami is one of the most important tourist destinations for Qatari tourists in the United States. “The State of Qatar is keen to develop maritime tourism. Doha Port receives a number of the largest cruise ships,” the Minister added.

The US economic tour kicked off Monday from Miami, and will include several major US cities - Miami, Florida, Washington DC, Columbia, Charleston, South Carolina and Raleigh, North Carolina. 

The programme features holding of  economic forums and bilateral meetings between the two sides in addition to the organization of bilateral meetings between Qatari businessmen and their American counterparts and the organization of sectoral round tables in the field of real estate investment, hospitality, tourism, hotel and technology, health, medicine, banking, law and the field of partnership between the public and private sectors and infrastructure projects.