Articles tagged “saudi arabia”

Chinese travel spend is clearly on the rise, but this Visa study also found that easier bookings and increasing options are leading all tourists to allocate more money to more trips in the coming years.

Starwood's rivals said its Dubai move was a gimmick, but the gimmick has concrete results, especially for its Le Meredien brand.

Tourism to the Middle East is growing, partly driven by the regional airlines, but expect tourism to become a larger employer in several countries in the coming years as international travel increases worldwide.

If the proper background checks have been done, then no reason why any country should be banned wholesale, short of embargoed countries like North Korea, Cuba and others.

Dubai has been consistently attractive to hotel investments, but Saudi Arabia is the hot destination on the market as wealth, tourism, and business deals flood to the kingdom in the wake of Arab Spring.

You know a faster way to discover a street name that doesn't involve downloading a silly app, snapping a picture of a funky symbol, sharing that (and personal data) with a central service, and waiting to open a web page? It's called a street sign.

Like Turkey and Dubai, Saudi Arabia benefitted from unrest in the region by giving both tourists and neighbors a safe place to visit.

All countries surrounding Saudi Arabia are smaller in size, but boost their tourism sectors with large cultural events. The allure of nearby Dubai also boosts outbound tourism numbers.

Tabuk sees snow every few years, but it's still a rarity and reason enough to slow transportation -- both for safety and because of the people who come to see the flakes.

Oil may be Saudi Arabia's largest industry, but tourism is in second place and the pace of hotel construction points to even more growth in 2013.