Almotamar.net - Director General of Investment Authority in Shabwa governorate Abu Bakr Farid said the governorate is distinguished by opportunities for tourist, industrial and agricultural as well as oil investments. He added it entertains a fertile investment climate in addition to coastal and desert tourist sites. It provides for industrial areas neighbouring the natural gas project.

Me Farid told almotamar.net Friday the governorate possesses large quantities of minerals , marble,. Granite , coral and natural gas. He affirmed there are local and Arab investors from the Gulf region , most of them from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates , have applied for investment in health, fish, industrial , agricultural projects .