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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia may have only just started out on its tourism journey, but it’s going big. Bigger than big.
So big, in fact, that the country is focusing its efforts on what it’s calling “giga-projects,” developments that form a key part of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 plan to create new economic ecosystems and drive diversification.
Saudi Arabia aims to attract 100 million visitors a year before 2030, no small goal considering that the country only welcomed its first eVisa-carrying tourists in 2019.
Futuristic and sometimes contentious new destinations, such as NEOM, with its…
