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One of the main sources for creating income and get released of the difficulties in regard r tothe limitation of the national revenues inn international marketss and one of the important jobcreatingsources isthe fast growing industry of Tourism, which becomee a huge sources ofincome for many countries off the world. . Tourism is the most significant t growth industry inthe world. It takes up a significant share of the combined Gross G National Product of thecountries of the world. TheWorld Tourism Organization (WTO) forecasts that Tourismgenerated in 2003 an income of 524 billion dollars invarious countries of the world. Numberof tourist increasedduring the past decade from 441 millionss in 1990 too 680.6 in the year2000. The year 2004 was thebest in reaching a number of 763.2 tourists. Some 16millionJapanese tourists visit different parts of the world each year. Similarly, S the tourism sector isexpected to generate an income of US$1550 billion by 2010 10 .Dr. Nezih Maruf, Dr. Mohamed El-Khateeb and Mr. Indrasen VencatachellumIn the past fifty years, tourismand leisure, the chiefcomponent of a rapidly growingg servicesector, have galvanized economic development. Having initially taken root in the countries ofEurope and NorthAmerica with a longg industrialtradition, it has spread to a number of“Traditional Carpetsand Kilimss in the Muslim World”(English), 2001; “Traditional Carpets andKilims inthe MuslimWorld” (Arabic), 2000; “Awards Album of the First International Islamic-At-inWork Festival - LOK VIRSA-IRCICA Craft Awards”, Istanbul, 1999. Published many articlesvarious Arabic periodicals.2Frangialli, Francesco, Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), Paper presented atthe First Islamic Conference of Ministers of Tourism, Isfahan, 3‐4 October 2000.33