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Nature contributes $17b to tourism spending: UK

Bloomberg The UK, seeking to put a value on the environment, said nature contributed 12 billion pounds ($17 billion) to tourism and outdoor leisure in the latest year for which data is available. The figure from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the result of a 30% increase in spending enabled by the natural environment from 2011 to 2019 ...

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Sewga connects gas to 189 new projects in Q1

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (Sewga) intensified its efforts during the first quarter of this year by implementing natural gas projects and services, revealing the delivery of natural gas to 189 new projects and the completion of the extension of natural gas lines in 9 areas in Al Seyouh at a total length (200) km. ...

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Experts call for uniform standards in indexing manuscripts

Sharjah / Emirates Business At a panel discussion organised by the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) at the ‘Tales from the East’ exhibition, cultural experts called for the introduction of a unified indexing system to help enumerate the manuscripts in existence with the tools of the digital age, and to bring its inherent wealth of knowledge in sciences, humanities, and other ...

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