Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced plans Wednesday for a luxury tourism destination on its northwestern coast, the latest in a series of mega projects as the oil-reliant kingdom seeks to diversify. The project…
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#Travel: Saudi Arabia announces over 5000 events for 2018
Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) will host an unprecedented number of events in the Kingdom this year, with more than 5,000 live shows, festivals and concerts planned in 56 cities across all regions. With their…
#Travel: Saudis welcome the world with tourist visas in 2018
Saudi Arabia will begin issuing tourist visas in the first quarter of 2018, its top tourism official said, a first for the kingdom as it undergoes major economic and social reforms. Prince Sultan bin Salman…
‘Battle of the sexes’: Saudi men react to women driving
With many carrots and some sticks, ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia seeks to tackle entrenched male attitudes towards women drivers before millions take the wheel, many for the first time, next June. For decades, hardliners cited austere…
Mövenpick Team wins Gold at Saudi Arabia’s first Inter-Hotel Culinary Competition
Chefs from Jeddah’s Mövenpick Resort Al Nawras cooked up a storm to be crowned champion kitchen at Saudi Arabia’s first ever Inter-Hotel Culinary Competition. Pitted off against ten of the Kingdom’s finest hotels, the Mövenpick…
Al Khobar, new hub for hotel development in Saudi Arabia
Al Khobar has emerged as the third top area for hotel development in Saudi Arabia this year according to a new report, demonstrating the growing market for leisure and business tourism across the Kingdom. With…
#Travel: 68 New hotels to open in Saudi Arabia in 2017
Saudi Arabia will see a record 68 new hotels and 29,033 hotel rooms open across its major cities in 2017, a new report has revealed. Riyadh, Jeddah, Al Khobar and Makkah are set to be…
#DidYouKnow: Rituals of the hajj
Muslims from across the world have gathered in Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage, which is a pillar of Islam, to take part in the following rituals: – Ihram: Pilgrims wear special…
#Travel: Ramadan festival breathes new life into Saudi’s old Jeddah
Residents of the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah are slowly returning to its historic centre, where a Ramadan cultural festival and UN heritage status are giving new life to the old quarter. Last year…
#WeirdNews: Saudi Arabia recruits executioners
Saudi Arabia advertised vacancies for eight executioners Tuesday after beheading nearly as many people since the start of the year as it did in the whole of 2014. The civil service ministry said that no…