Sharjah hotels and resorts registered one million guests during the first half of 2015, according to the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA), consistent with last year’s statistics. Last year saw approximately two million tourists visit Sharjah throughout the year and the emirate aims to attract 10 million tourist per year by 2021. Sharjah offers more than 100 hotels and ...

Sharjah’s east coast Khorfakkan Port has been ranked in the top ten most productive ports in the world, according to the 2014 JOC Port Productivity report. The Journal of Commerce compiled the report based on data gathered about 483 terminals and 771 ports from ocean freight carriers representing more than 75 percent of global capacity. All ports listed in the ...

Sharjah-based process equipment manufacturer Quality International, has shipped its third massive Multi Effect Distillation (MED) evaporator unit to Kuwait for the first phase of the Az-Zour North Independent Water & Power Project, one of the largest power and water production projects in the Middle East. According to the manufacturer, the MED Evaporators for the project are the largest of their ...