flynas revealed that it has carried three million passengers to all its domestic and international destinations during the first six months of this year.

Expanding its office network across Saudi Arabia, Omani budget airline SalamAir opened a new office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The Souk Okaz festival, located just outside the city of Taif in the Makkah region, opened its doors on June 27 for more than two weeks of presentations, arts and craft exhibits and literary readings.

Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA) recently encouraged passengers to celebrate a momentous occasion, the airline becoming what is hailed as the first to operate from Jeddah’s newly-opened King Abdulaziz International Airport.

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) announced the opening of Crowne Plaza Riyadh Palace, in partnership with DUR Hospitality.

Mohammed bin Salman, crown prince, Saudi Arabia, has made it clear that he seeks to overhaul the country’s oil-dependent economy.

EMBRACING ITS INHERITANCE AND BUILDING AN IDEAL FUTURE, SAUDI ARABIA IS COMBINING ITS NATURAL HERITAGE, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DEVELOPING A FUTURISTIC CITY CALLED ‘NEOM’, IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE COUNTRY AS A MODEL OF TOURISM EXCELLENCE.

ALONG WITH EFFORTS TO DIVERSIFY ITS ECONOMY, QATAR HAS BEEN LOOKING AT WAYS TO DEVELOP ITS TOURISM INDUSTRY TO APPEAL TO A BROADER RANGE OF TRAVELLERS.

Despite new up and coming trends in the Halal travel sector, the sought-after services and facilities have fundamentally remained the same.

UNDER SAUDI VISION 2030, SAUDI ARABIA IS CURRENTLY IN THE MIDST OF A TRANSFORMATION, NOT ONLY THROUGHOUT THE TOURISM INDUSTRY, BUT ITS OVERALL ECONOMY AS THE KINGDOM INVESTS IN NON-OIL REVENUE STREAMS.