Tuesday, January 12, 2021
When several countries around the world are imposing or extending flight bans, Saudi Arabia is considering lifting its travel ban and reopening tourism on March 31 this year. The decision to lift the ban, which saw Saudi citizens unable to …
Monday, January 4, 2021
Saudi Arabia recently announced that the country is set to reopen its borders and resume international flights after a two-week entry ban introduced to curb the new strain of the COVID-19 virus. According to a statement by interior ministry the …
Thursday, December 24, 2020
By 2023, Saudi Arabia is primarily focusing on attracting new investments worth SAR 220 billion (USD 58 billion) and more than SAR 500 billion (USD 133.27 billion) until 2030. During the 2021 Budget Forum, this was unveiled by the minister …
Saturday, December 5, 2020
From advanced resort cities and little-known UNESCO sites to a more liberal outlook, Jerry Inzerillo, the CEO of Diriyah Gate Development Authority in Saudi Arabia, spoke about how the kingdom wishes to attract millions of tourists globally by 2030. In …
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Saudi Arabia recently announced that they will soon erect the world’s biggest battery facility to store wind and solar to power a vast luxury tourist complex on the Red Sea that will boast 50 hotels and its own airport. Based …
Friday, November 6, 2020
According to latest reports, Saudi Arabia has the potential to become a regional tourism powerhouse but the country is unlikely to reach its optimistic annual visitor goals due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global travel. Fahd Hamidaddin, …
Saturday, October 31, 2020
By 2030, Saudi Arabia has declared its primary aim of drawing 100 million tourists every year, regardless of the top tourism destinations of the world being unable to reach such a figure. To quote the Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb, …
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
The World Travel & Tourism Council marks respect to the leadership of Saudi Arabia. This tribute was also paid for its support to the local and global private sector at G20 and over 45 CEOs of the biggest travel companies …
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Saudi Arabia is preparing for a quick bounce back in tourism, not having revised its visitor targets for 2021 in spite of the corona virus pandemic, said Tourism Minister Ahmed Al-Khateeb. As Saudi Arabia prepares to reopen its borders for …
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
By early 2021, Saudi Arabia is all set to start tourist visas again after experiencing months of suspension in the middle of stern measures of the government to stop virus spread, as informed to Reuters by the tourism minister of …
