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Saudi Arabia Launches Unified Visa Platform KSA Visa, Indian Hajj Pilgrims To Benefit
The Saudi move is part of the emirate's ambitious goal to increase the number of tourists and raising the target to 150 million visits annually by 2030.
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino Announces Big Increase In Women's World Cup Prize Money
Prize money at the upcoming Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will be triple that at the last edition in 2019, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced on Thursday, as he also revealed Saudi Arabia's tourist board will not sponsor the tournament.
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On Camera, Saudi Tourist Drives Maserati Down Rome's Iconic Spanish Steps
A movie-like moment was caught on camera when a Saudi tourist drove his sports car down Rome's iconic Spanish Steps. His illegal manoeuvre caused material damage to the monument.
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Saudi Man Mistaken For Jamal Khashoggi Suspect Was On Holiday In France: Report
The Saudi national arrested in Paris this week on suspicion of being involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was just a tourist who had been holidaying with a friend in France, an official familiar with the investigation said.
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Saudi Arabia To Reopen To Vaccinated Tourists After 17-Month Covid Closure
Saudi Arabia announced Friday it would reopen its borders to fully vaccinated foreign tourists after a 17-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, the state news agency said.
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Isle of Man TT Winner James Hillier To Compete In 2022 Dakar Rally
James Hillier won the 2013 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, and will be the first Isle of Man TT champion to take on the Dakar Rally.
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In Break From Past, Saudi Lets Foreign Men And Women Share Hotel Rooms
Saudi Arabia is allowing foreign men and women to rent hotel rooms together without proving they are related, after the conservative Muslim kingdom launched a new tourist visa regime to attract holidaymakers.
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Change Comes To Islam's Birthplace, And The World Watches Warily
The world's 1.8 billion Muslims look to one country above all others.
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Saudi Arabia To Offer Tourist Visas For First Time, Abolish Abaya Rule
Saudi Arabia said Friday it will offer tourist visas for the first time, opening up the ultra-conservative kingdom to holidaymakers as part of a push to diversify its economy away from oil.
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Saudi Arabia's Crackdown On Dissidents May Hinder Plan To Attract Tourists
The ambitious initiative, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, would be challenging in the best of times - relying on the government to abandon its wariness of foreign visitors and on the outside world to revise its perceptions of Saudi Arabia as a forbiddingly conservative society.
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Duped With Tourist Over Work Visas, 14 Indians Stranded In Saudi Arabia
Fourteen Indians are stranded in Saudi Arabia with most of them in the country's jails after two local travel agents allegedly sent them to work in the Middle East nation on tourist visas, police said. Now, their tourist visa has expired and they do not have work visas, they added.
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'Riviera Of Middle East': Saudi Arabia's New Luxury Tourist Destination
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.
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Saudi Arabia To Begin Issuing Online Visas To Live Sport, Music Lovers
Saudi Arabia will begin issuing visas to visitors to attend sporting and cultural events from December, officials said Tuesday, a first for the kingdom as it seeks to kickstart tourism.
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Saudi Prince Unveils Plans To Welcome Tourists
The tourism commission's figures show that around 245,000 Saudis work in the tourism sector. The target is to boost that to 352,000 by 2020 and to see investment in tourism upped by $8 billion to reach nearly $46 billion.
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14 Palestinian Pilgrims Die In Jordan Bus Crash
Fourteen Palestinian pilgrims were killed and 36 others injured when their bus overturned in southern Jordan near the Saudi border on Wednesday, emergency services said.
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Saudi Arabia Launches Unified Visa Platform KSA Visa, Indian Hajj Pilgrims To Benefit
The Saudi move is part of the emirate's ambitious goal to increase the number of tourists and raising the target to 150 million visits annually by 2030.
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino Announces Big Increase In Women's World Cup Prize Money
Prize money at the upcoming Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will be triple that at the last edition in 2019, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced on Thursday, as he also revealed Saudi Arabia's tourist board will not sponsor the tournament.
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On Camera, Saudi Tourist Drives Maserati Down Rome's Iconic Spanish Steps
A movie-like moment was caught on camera when a Saudi tourist drove his sports car down Rome's iconic Spanish Steps. His illegal manoeuvre caused material damage to the monument.
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Saudi Man Mistaken For Jamal Khashoggi Suspect Was On Holiday In France: Report
The Saudi national arrested in Paris this week on suspicion of being involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was just a tourist who had been holidaying with a friend in France, an official familiar with the investigation said.
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Saudi Arabia To Reopen To Vaccinated Tourists After 17-Month Covid Closure
Saudi Arabia announced Friday it would reopen its borders to fully vaccinated foreign tourists after a 17-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, the state news agency said.
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Isle of Man TT Winner James Hillier To Compete In 2022 Dakar Rally
James Hillier won the 2013 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, and will be the first Isle of Man TT champion to take on the Dakar Rally.
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In Break From Past, Saudi Lets Foreign Men And Women Share Hotel Rooms
Saudi Arabia is allowing foreign men and women to rent hotel rooms together without proving they are related, after the conservative Muslim kingdom launched a new tourist visa regime to attract holidaymakers.
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Change Comes To Islam's Birthplace, And The World Watches Warily
The world's 1.8 billion Muslims look to one country above all others.
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Saudi Arabia To Offer Tourist Visas For First Time, Abolish Abaya Rule
Saudi Arabia said Friday it will offer tourist visas for the first time, opening up the ultra-conservative kingdom to holidaymakers as part of a push to diversify its economy away from oil.
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Saudi Arabia's Crackdown On Dissidents May Hinder Plan To Attract Tourists
The ambitious initiative, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, would be challenging in the best of times - relying on the government to abandon its wariness of foreign visitors and on the outside world to revise its perceptions of Saudi Arabia as a forbiddingly conservative society.
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Duped With Tourist Over Work Visas, 14 Indians Stranded In Saudi Arabia
Fourteen Indians are stranded in Saudi Arabia with most of them in the country's jails after two local travel agents allegedly sent them to work in the Middle East nation on tourist visas, police said. Now, their tourist visa has expired and they do not have work visas, they added.
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'Riviera Of Middle East': Saudi Arabia's New Luxury Tourist Destination
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.
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Saudi Arabia To Begin Issuing Online Visas To Live Sport, Music Lovers
Saudi Arabia will begin issuing visas to visitors to attend sporting and cultural events from December, officials said Tuesday, a first for the kingdom as it seeks to kickstart tourism.
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Saudi Prince Unveils Plans To Welcome Tourists
The tourism commission's figures show that around 245,000 Saudis work in the tourism sector. The target is to boost that to 352,000 by 2020 and to see investment in tourism upped by $8 billion to reach nearly $46 billion.
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14 Palestinian Pilgrims Die In Jordan Bus Crash
Fourteen Palestinian pilgrims were killed and 36 others injured when their bus overturned in southern Jordan near the Saudi border on Wednesday, emergency services said.
