The platform offers the following courses:

• Government Tourism Strategies & Policies for Policymakers
• Manage Your Small & Medium Business in the Tourism Industry for Small Business Owners
• Experiential Tourism Tour Operations for Job Seekers
• Events Planning and Design for Job Seekers

Anyone interested in the tourism industry can join these courses. There are no specific prerequisites; learners only need to sign up on the platform to access the courses.

Maharat for Tourism is a freely accessible platform offering all courses at no cost.

Completion time varies by learner, but each curriculum typically takes around ten hours.

These courses are open to everyone, but they are specifically tailored for policymakers, small and medium business owners, and job seekers in the tourism sector across the MENA and GCC regions (specifically Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Palestine.)

Yes, learners will receive a digital certificate from SPARK upon completion of the courses.

Yes, the platform is optimised for mobile access, allowing you to learn on the go.

Yes, learners can contact our support team through the platform's contact page or by emailing us at maharat@spark-online.org for any inquiries or assistance.

Absolutely! We encourage feedback from learners to improve the course content and delivery. You can submit your feedback through the evaluation form provided at the end of each course.

Access to the course will remain available until the end of the Maharat for Tourism program, which is scheduled for December 2025. After that date, course access will be removed.