Revealed: how Indians can visit Saudi Arabia despite travel ban

Revealed: how Indians can visit Saudi Arabia despite travel ban

The Saudi ban on flights from India may be still in force but travel services firms are offering Indian passengers an option to fly via the UAE.

According to airline industry sources, companies, scenting a fast business opportunity, have come up with packages offering visa and quarantine period stay services in the UAE to Indian passengers' en-route to Saudi Arabia.

Covid-19 tally in India exceeds 5.7 million on Thursday, after over 86,000 fresh cases were registered in the last 24 hours

Saudi Arabia has banned flights from India from the last week of September in light of the surging coronavirus cases in the South Asian country.

Dubai, which has started issuing tourist visas, stipulated 14-day quarantine for tourists.

The packages offered, starting from $470 per person, vary depending on the type of accommodation and facilities.