Prince Sultan gets award for urban heritage preservation

President of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) Prince Sultan bin Salman received the Culture and Heritage Preservation Excellence Award instituted by the Middle East Institute for the Excellence of Municipal ties for the SCTA for its outstanding efforts in preserving urban heritage, at his office on Thursday.
The announcement of the award was made at a recent function on the sidelines of the fourth conference of the GCC smart cities and municipalities in Dubai, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The award is also in recognition of the prince’s role and initiative to strengthen the organizational and social interest in urban heritage and the qualitative shift in the culture of interaction with the heritage sites in the Kingdom.
His role is role in highlighting the cultural, social and economic dimension of the urban heritage was also taken into consideration for the best tourism award in the Middle East.