JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has won praise for a series of Vision 2030 megaprojects that “will put the Kingdom on the world tourism map.”
Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary-general of the UN World Tourism Organization, highlighted the Kingdom’s efforts to develop its tourism sector during talks with Ahmad Al-Khatib, chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH).
Both sides discussed extending the partnership between the UN organization and Saudi Arabia to further strengthen tourism initiatives in the Kingdom.
International tourism projects in line with Vision 2030 include the Al-Qadiya development to build the largest recreational city in Saudi Arabia, and megaprojects such as Al-Ula and Al-Diriyah Gate to restore a UNESCO site.
The projects “will put the Kingdom on the world tourism map and help it realize its vision of becoming a major global tourist destination,” Pololikashvili said.
He congratulated Al-Khatib on his appointment as SCTH chairman, and accepted an invitation to view the Kingdom’s latest projects and tourism events.
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Saudi Arabia to become ‘a tourism magnet’
Saudi Arabia to become ‘a tourism magnet’
- International tourism projects in line with Vision 2030 include the Al-Qadiya development to build the largest recreational city in Saudi Arabia
On Founding Day, King Salman says Saudi Arabia has achieved security and prosperity
RIYADH: In commemoration of Founding Day, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman said the Kingdom has achieved “security and prosperity.”
“On this glorious day, we commemorate the founding of our blessed nation, established by our forefathers upon the word of monotheism, the achievement of justice, and the unification of the scattered under one banner; thus bringing about security and prosperity by the grace of God,” King Salman wrote on X on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia is marking its 299th anniversary this Founding Day, commemorating the establishment of the First Saudi State by Imam Muhammed bin Saud in 1727 CE.
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