Foreign cruise ships and yachts allowed to enter Saudi waters for 6 months

Foreign cruise ships and yachts allowed to enter Saudi waters for 6 months

Okaz/Saudi GazetteJEDDAH — Saudi Arabia revealed the procedural guide that allows the temporary entry of foreign tourist marine vessels into its waters for a maximum period of six months. The guide was prepared by the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, in partnership with the Saudi Red Sea Authority (SRSA). The guide was issued with the aim of clarifying the processes and procedures for the temporary entry of marine vessels, foreign yachts, or visiting yachts into all tourist marinas supervised by the competent authority. According to the provisions of the guide, motorized cruise ships will be allowed entry to Saudi Arabia on a temporary basis. These include cruise ships, yachts, mega yachts, pleasure boats and vessels, diving boats and vessels, marine tank vessels, recreational submarines, and personal marine vessels. These vessels will be allowed to enter Saudi Arabia for a period of six months (180 days) with the possibility of extending it for a similar period.The guide stated that the temporary entry will also include sailing ships classified as catamaran, which is a watercraft with two parallel hulls of equal size, trimaran, which is a multihull boat that comprises a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls, as well as keel