RIYADH - Saudi Arabia threw open its doors to foreign tourists on Friday, launching a new visa regime for 49 countries and appealing to foreign companies to invest in a sector it hopes will contribute 10% of gross domestic product by 2030.
He indicated that alcohol remains banned: “We will have enough tourists to come to Saudi Arabia to enjoy other things.” Until now, foreigners travelling to Saudi Arabia have been largely restricted to resident workers and their dependents, business travellers, and Muslim pilgrims who are given special visas to visit the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
FILE PHOTO: A Saudi tour guide stands inside a tomb at Madain Saleh antiquities site, al-Ula, Saudi Arabia February 10, 2019. Picture taken February 10, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Kalin/File Photo Tourism is high on the crown prince’s agenda, despite a shortage of infrastructure. To drive growth, Khateeb estimated some 250 billion riyals of investments are needed, including 500,000 new hotel rooms by 2030 — half at government-backed mega projects and half from private investors.
Shit hole. Don't go there
Only an imbecile would want to visit Saudi Arabia. 😠
Are the also opening Bone Saw ‘R’ Us Stores ?
Could those 'tourists' also include 'immigrants'? I hear there are a few looking for cool places to 'visit'.
lol no thank you 😆
Thank you! I pass... if I want sand I ll go to the beach. If I want caftans I go mykonos.
Trying to stop people hating them so much
If Iran gets any more restless they may offer Visas and accommodations to the 4th Infantry Division. 🇺🇸
And MbS is STILL a murderer.
And you can stay at the trump hotel.
It's bad enough we have to buy their stinking oil. Not going there to spend money. Nope. Not on a bet.
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Pass. Hard pass.
WatchYourHead
Of course the medias are not corrupted. The country who turn a man to pieces is now a place to go. What a garbage is your news network....
yeah no. maybe when they: stop treating women like cattle, beheading people in public, stoning women to death, murdering journalists, instigating war and involving the US, manipulating global economies through oil production I will consider it. but only consider.
Some of the comments did say that we have a lot of criminals But they didn’t hear of someone from their home get killed in KSA in comparison we heard that muslims get killed many times in their countries, yet we still go to them and go back to KSA safely
Any nudist beaches?
Ridiculous don't waste your money
Really. Do you know the history?
Should I bring my own bone saw or purchase a halal one in the kingdom?
Who care !
Having actually traveled to Saudi in the early 80’s from Riyadh to Jedda to the Yemen border and back I can say it’s fascinating from a cultural, historical, and geographical perspective. If you just plan to travel to the Instagram places then it’s probably meh.
Please just give us the chance
Saudi Arabia is the best destination at the time being for many reasons first it contains a unique places that you would never see before.Secondly the places equiped with the most sophisticated technologies and finally one of the most secured places worldwide
Is it safe? Drones? Beheadings? Women drivers?
hmm..., no, too early. 😒
No interest in a sadistic nation in which half of the human population is oppressed. No thanks.
Yeah I don’t want flashbacks of Iraq.
Beautiful
Or, knowing it’s disgraceful record on Human Rights, give it a wide berth!
Maybe when they start to treat women and gays, oh and migrant workers like human beings....until then no thanks a bunch!
No way☠️😱! Khashoggi
Only drawback you have to visit embassy for travel permit think I’ll give it a miss
The wife never drives when we go abroad, now she has a decent excuse “you know I don’t like getting tied up and whipped luv”
So..Let's talk about the ppl here lol, it's was really fun to see the reactions,i mean i can see why but it kinda hurt cus all of us were excited to show the world what we really are,not killers and demons as alot of people think,to who will come tell the world the truth about us
We do not force anyone to visit us but we sincerely welcome all those who wish to live with the people of Saudi Arabia and talk truthfully around us and not lie
I think the false distortion has reached high levels because these parrots are repeating it everywhere ,The truth will come out, and all the comments that speak of us are bad, she's going to regret it .. ☕✨
No thanks!!1!
Why is Reuters pushing Saudia Arabia. It's run by a murdering dictator. I recommend people stay away from SA.
Reuters Top News, I'm looking for top news, not ads.
Unfortunately, the comments show how ppl hate the country and its people NOT THE REGIM. Good to know
Welcome to Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
Can’t wait to have a Numinous Experience in this ancient land.
👏👏 Beautiful!!! Only one thing you must correct: ''former ultra-conservative''
I wander who’s going to open a Hotel there.
Great news for some. it will take me quite a bit longer to get over the Khashoggi thing however.
You’d have to be crazy to go there as an American
It shouldn't be only listed, it should be the first on the bucket list ❤️
Don't get Butchered. 'When in Rome, don't piss off Caesar '. US Citizens beware Trump will not help you if trouble arises while in country!
Must be amazing but I rather go to cape town naked at night.
No thanks. Don’t want to have some mysterious end involving MBS and a bone saw.
Never!
Saudi Arabia should open up its borders to persecuted Muslim refugees.
What are the bone saw restrictions
Wouldn’t leave a penny of tourism $ in that country until women and gay citizens are Free
Sorry we don’t support terrorism or terrorists states. Internationalize the holy sites now !!
Party at the Bin Ladens'!
Absolutely Not
none of good conscience should go to the land of 'behead the insolent servant child'
Free stonings included?
Hard pass.
We should STOP selling US oil and cease doing business with the Saudis altogether. Venezuela was ALWAYS the smarter choice. Cheaper, closer, better quality and plenty of it. A UNITED AMERICAS would be impregnable. We should only refine North American oil for American consumption.
Nope. They kill Journalist.
Sounds fun
Don t.
i've been to saudia and nobody gets killed trust me it was a really fun trip too
YEAH Let's GO there!
Hard pass.
the travel bucket list: To Muhammad Ibn Salman the King,,,The idea of travel does not carry criminals,,,
Can’t wait to visit a country where I can not allow my wife to leave.
In USA today.
Yeah let's all go to SA !
Take your wife so she can lose 10 lbs., and take an empty bowling ball bag to bring her head back home.
Ah yes the ideal vacation. Walk around in the desert with your head down and your hands in your pockets so you don’t get murdered and bisected with a bone saw by the Saudi royal family. Sounds lovely
Really? Unless you are a journalist who dares criticize Saudi. Don’t think Jamal Kashoggi would agree. Maybe rethink this tweet.
They will provide bone saws...
Will they kill me?
Nice we can watch Anakin race those rocket things.
That’s hell to the no.
NEVER Support to jihadists CO2 emissions Oil and Gas 55 C in summer Women's right Treatment of journalists endless list NEVER
I wouldn't visit Saudi Arabia, as a tourist, even if I got sent a first class ticket and a voucher for a free stay at a 10 star hotel forever and ever !!! Saudi Arabia is a place run by criminals !! The reputation of the country is in total ruins, all around the world !
No thanks, no way no how.
Gays might want to bring red bull with them.
Looking forward to see the down of silly saudi crown,nobody see them as a muslim,they are out of this age
I know they aren’t all bad but I’m still young enough to remember when Saudis flew planes into the World Trade Center. Ask me again in 50 years.
When I want to see sand, I go to the beach
No thank you.
OMG give me a break um, that’s a big no for me!
I hear their “ Murder and Hack “ amusement park is awesome
The ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom still requires ALL female tourists to dress “modestly”. Please include that also, dear Reuters.
Are you trolling us now?
Lets get serious here, who in their right mind would want to visit a ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom.
No thank you.
But not reporters.
That’s gonnA be a no for me dogg
nah...
Wow that's much history
No fucking way
Yeah!! Lets go get murdered!!
Until somebody gets killed or raped.
MHKIRBASOGLU SUUDİAMERİCA nın her kararı ameriCA için alınır.
also caution if you are a journalist
WelcomeToArabia See this account👇 blueabaya
Visit Saudi Arabia where the government’s enemies get chopped to pieces with a bone saw..... I’ll pass.
I think I’ll pass just the same. Thanks
We have ancient civilizations such as Aad, Thamud and Madain Saleh For many years we have not allowed anyone to explore these places It's a great opportunity for the whole world
Where they let garbage literally line the streets. All they care about is money for their gold toilets. No thanks!!
NO. Don’t spend your $ in a country whose government murders people. And a country where women cannot dress as they choose.
And as highlight of your vacation, they will cut off the heads of everybody who voices an opinion contrary to the Monarch's. No thank you!
Any guarantees you can go home?
I wouldn't visit Saudi Arabia, as a tourist, even if I got sent a first class ticket and a voucher for a free stay at a 10 star hotel forever and ever !!! Saudi Arabia is a place run by criminals !!!!
Yay! Welcome to the 19th century!
Sabbath t-shirt ok?
Journalists not so welcome
Nah, dawg...
Still no Jews.
Fork Saudi Arabia... at least until they clean up their act. Their leader ordered an execution of a human being a few months ago. Where is the justice? Where is the admonition of this heinous act? Fork SaudiArabia!!!
No thanks
🙄
Female (adult); Unaccompanied; Roaming freely. How progressive.
No thanks. In my trips to Oman and the UAE, the locals went on and on about what complete and total douchebags the Saudis are.
And what happens when when someone wears a shirt like this.
The chamber of horrors
3rd ad i've seen today by you guys . Um... When Saudi Arabia STOPS murdering journalists and gays I'll consider it. Not before.
Just don't be anything like an investigative journalist, I guess? Even more civilized Turkey has thousands of journos in jail
...yay? Who the fuck wants to visit the country responsible for 9/11, the murder of a journalist, killing children in Yemen, and thousands of human rights violations?
Don’t go. BoycottSaudiArabia
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I think this is great
Hard pass...
No beer on holiday? Naaahhh
Welcome to the world in our country 🇸🇦💚
Saudi Arabia enjoys geographic and historical diversity in each of its regions. This distinguishes them from many countries of the world . So it will be a distinctive experience for visitors from all over the world. السعودية
Tip for booking a trip to Saudi Arabia: DONT. FreeYemen
No
I hope the Aramco ipo falls flat on its face.
Have been to many of these incredible places. Very friendly people and inexpensive
Book a trip to Saudi Arabia? Nah, I’m good. No bonesaws for me 👎🏾
Millions of journalists are jailed and killed in Turkey and China but the people will love to go to Istanbul Beijing. But when 1 Saudi journalist was killed and the government captured the killers, suddenly all the world are afraid to go there!
Ummm, watch out for people with Bone Saws.
I'd never go there. I would probably do something offensive and get my head chopped off.
Maybe stop killing journalists ?
Ilk once insanlik sonrada medeniyet oyrensinler. Belki o zaman turistler ulkelerini ziyaret ederler. Su anda uzaktan hayvanat bahcesine bakar gibi bakiyorlar.
When do we find out that Trump has a deal for Trump Tower Riyad.
i would like to visit the cordoned off areas like Mt Sinai
What you need to know:
Once MBS is removed, I’d love to.
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Soon theyll become same Bedouin beggars as they were prior to fossil fluke.
Hi do you know if they have cans of budweiser in the service stations? Any good skinny dipping locations? Any Saudi states serve pot? Looks like bikini weather all year round! Sign me up!
I need to know that the Crown Prince is in jail for the rest of his life.
No.
I never reslized that Saudi will need FDI inflow. How eould tje country’s blance-of-payments look like, esp its capital account... rhetorical.
I’m just here for the comments.
That they're the World Beheading Champions?
What you need to know about SaudiArabia- 1. They oppress women. 2. They kill journalists. 3. They murder women and children. 4. They are hypocrites. 5. Your money is better spent at home. FactsMatter
do you need to bring your own bone-saw?
don't go.
Protip: don't be a journalist
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