Riyadh, September 29, 2021, SPA -- Saudi newspapers highlighted in their editorials today a number of issues at local, regional and international arenas. Al-Bilad newspaper said in its editorial that the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 pays utmost attention to the tourism sector within the framework of achieving economic diversification and investing capabilities, vast natural resources, unique sites  and destinations, and geographical and historical diversity, in order to increase the number of annual visits to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to 100 million visitors by 2030, 55 million of which are from abroad, while 45 million domestic, alongside with providing one million job opportunities and achieving an increase of 10% of the country's the country’s GDP. Whereas all these will make the Kingdom among the top five countries receiving tourists at the world level. The newspaper paper added that the Kingdom's efforts to be among the global leaders in the tourism sector are based on unprecedented development and achievements of the vital sector with huge projects in Diriyah, Qiddiya, Al-Ula, the Red Sea coast, among other attractive areas, in line with the comprehensive and balanced development process that covers all regions, which contributes to generating opportunities for investors from Saudi Arabia and abroad. In another context, Al-Eqtisadiah  and Al-Yaum newspapers reported in their editorials that the labor market is a basic pillar of any economy in the world, because it provides one of the most important elements of production, which is manpower that is capable of operating and leading work. The newspapers added that the regulator of the Saudi economy has focused on this matter. When the national economy was dependent on oil only, the development of Saudi cadres was based on the efforts of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. After that, the focus was on the banking sector and educational institutions, which all Sought qualified cadres. Since the economy does not wait for education to meet the increasing demands for qualified cadres, foreign manpower took the lead. In light of the intense competition from the foreign side as well as the labor markets for a completely new framework, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Human Capability Development Program Committee, launched the Human Capability Development Program (HCDP), one of the vision realization programs to achieve the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, in order to increase the demand for qualified Saudi cadres in the future labor market. The plans of HCDP in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia aim to prepare Saudis for future jobs in various promising sectors through developing basic and future skills, and developing knowledge to be ready for the current and future labor market, the newspapers further added. In this regard, Minister of Education Dr. Hamad Al Al-Sheikh said that the HCDP represents a comprehensive strategy for the development of human capabilities, starting from childhood passing through universities, colleges, technical and vocational institutes, and reaching the labor market, which many government agencies, in partnership with the private and non-profit sector, participate in its implementation to qualify the citizen for the current and future labor market. All these details come within the frameworks of the integrated scene in Saudi Arabia that seeks to ensure readiness for the future through meeting the changing needs of the labor market, which also confirms that the pillar of success is the development of citizens' capabilities to compete globally, according ambitions and aspirations of Vision 2030, the newspapers concluded. --SPA 10:35 LOCAL TIME 07:35 GMT 0010 www.spa.gov.sa/w1628035