Saudi tourism aims to provide 260,000 jobs | ZAWYA MENA Edition – ZAWYA

Saudi tourism aims to provide 260,000 jobs | ZAWYA MENA Edition – ZAWYA

Saudi tourism aims to provide 260,000 jobs | ZAWYA MENA Edition HomeEconomyArticleSaudi tourism aims to provide 260,000 jobs Saudi Arabia is working on opening 38 tourist sites by 2022    A Saudi tour guide stands inside a tomb at Madain Saleh antiquities site, al-Ula, Saudi Arabia February 10, 2019. Image used for illustrative purpose. Among the most important points that Al Khateeb mentioned in his speech is the existence of a number of major projects, on which the Kingdom is banking on a lot to achieve its tourism goals and aspirations, and raise the level of quality of infrastructure and services, such as "NEOM, the Red Sea, Qiddiya, and Al-Diriyah Gate", which were inaugurated recently by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, according to Al-Riyadh newspaper.Al Khateeb was explicitly referring to the influential role that the Saudi Tourism Authority will play in reshaping the Saudi tourism industry, by developing tourism packages and products, enabling and activating the role of the private sector in tourism, participating in local and international tourism exhibitions, marketing tourist destinations and sites internally and externally, and establishing the Tourist Experience Center. The Authority will work in coordination with the relevant authorities, to measure,