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Gulf countries issue travel warnings for Lebanon
Three Gulf countries have issued warnings over travel to Lebanon after peaceful anti-government demonstrations in Beirut turned violent over the weekend.
Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia issued the warnings after protests that began over the...
Unified hajj visa system reviewed in Saudi Arabia
Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah region and Chairman of the Central Haj Committee, reviewed in Makkah on Sunday a unified visa system for external pilgrims and launched the awareness campaign, “Haj is worship...
66,000 Nigerian pilgrims fly out to Saudi Arabia
No fewer than 300 would-be pilgrims were yesterday flown out to Saudi Arabia. They are part of the 66,000 Nigerians scheduled to make this year’s hajj.
The inaugural flight from the Kaduna International Airport conveyed...
Tourism share in Saudi GDP stands at 2.7%
The share of the tourism sector in Saudi Arabia’s gross domestic product (GDP) stands at 2.7 percent but for the nonoil GDP it increases to 5.2 percent, according to a business magazine in the...
Loans to fund vacations give Saudis blues
RIYADH: A significant number of Saudi families take out loans to fund vacations or to buy luxury cars without taking into account the burdens they expose themselves to.
Economists have repeatedly criticized the spending culture...
UK warns tourists against flouting rules
At the beginning of September, the UK government will implement a law against loud music from cars which are cruising the streets of London, according to Dr. Nasser Al-Tayyar of Al-Tayyar Group.
According to a...
1.7 million jobs in tourism by 2020
A report of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage predicts the rate of growth in job opportunities in the country's tourism sector between 2010 and 2020 will be 10 percent a year...
Anger sparks as public beach in France closed for Saudi King
Sun, sea and sand are usually guaranteed staples of a French Riviera vacation -- unless, that is, the beach has been closed for visiting Saudi royalty.
That's the situation at Vallauris, between Cannes and Antibes...
Al Tayyar Travel Group faces fines from Saudi market regulator
Saudi Arabia's stock market regulator said on Monday it has imposed two fines worth 200,000 riyals ($53,000) on Al Tayyar Travel Group for failing to disclose the extension of a contract with the Ministry...
Saudi tourists’ behavior stirs social media storm
Tourists from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are the target of harsh criticisms on social media after photographs showing them cooking, littering and smoking shisha in public parks in countries they were visiting...
