Saudi Arabia Will Reopen Its Doors To Receive Tourists "Soon"

The head of the Saudi Tourism Authority, Fahd Hamid al-Din, announced that the Kingdom is heading to open its doors again to foreign tourists soon, after its decision to start easing travel restrictions.

For the first time since March 2020, Saudi Arabia allowed, today, Monday, the travel of Saudi citizens who received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine no less than two weeks before the date of travel, and those who contracted the virus and recovered during the last six months and those under eighteen.

However, the head of the Saudi Authority revealed to "Reuters" that "the Kingdom will open its doors again to receive foreign tourists this year," and he expected that an announcement in this regard would be issued very soon.

He pointed out that Saudi Arabia "seeks to reach the number of tourists to 100 million annually by 2030."

There are still 13 countries that the authorities prohibit the Saudis from traveling to without prior permission, whether through direct or indirect flights, due to the risks of Covid-19.

They include a number of high-risk countries, including Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Turkey and India.

And Saudi Arabia, which has a population of about 30 million, announced the monitoring of 825 new infections with the Corona virus, on Sunday, bringing the total number of infected people to 433094 infected, of whom 7162 died.

On Sunday, the authorities indicated that 11.5 million doses of the vaccine have been used so far.

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