Almosafer’s comprehensive trends report highlights domestic tourism trends in Saudi for 2024 Riyadh: Almosafer’s latest travel trend report reveals a robust 44% growth in domestic bookings in 2024, marking a significant contribution (over 40%) to the overall travel landscape in Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom’s rapidly growing and evolving tourism offerings continue to shape domestic travel […]
• UAE demonstrates robust performance with 4.1% FMCG value growth and 2.8% T&D growth, while KSA shows measured FMCG growth at 1.8% with T&D experiencing a slight decline of 1.1% • Traditional Trade significantly outperforms Modern Trade across both markets, with UAE Traditional Trade surging at 6.4% and KSA achieving 2.4% growth, signaling a shift in consumer […]
Dubai: GCC companies are expanding into Saudi Arabia to capitalize on the vast opportunities arising from $3 trillion in foreign investments as part of Saudi Vision 2030. By obtaining new business licenses or setting up branches, firms are aligning with the Kingdom’s ambitious development plans. With over 88,858 new licenses issued in Q1 2023 and […]
KSA: Saudi Arabia has passed a law allowing Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman to grant citizenship to selected people, following a proposal from the Minister of Interior this year. In January, a royal decree was issued to approve the amendment of Article Eight of the Saudi Nationality Law, which authorises the Prime […]
Riyadh: The Saudi Tourism Authority welcomes the expansion of the GCC residents visa which now is open to all professions for those wanting to apply for a tourist visa. Announced by the Ministry of Tourism the visa allows visitors to enjoy Saudi’s diverse tourist destinations and perform Umrah throughout the year. This is the latest in […]
Riyadh: Saudi Entertainment Ventures (SEVEN), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has announced the beginning of construction of its entertainment destination in Tabuk at the Municipal Investment Forum (Furas), organised by the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs (MoMRA). With a development value of more than SAR 1 billion (AED987m), SEVEN’s entertainment destination […]
Riyadh: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons at King Abdullah Medical City KAMC in Makkah completed a successful 3-hour surgical intervention using the 3D surgical planning technique to repair deformities and fractures in the forehead bone of a patient who suffered from an old traffic accident injury. Also, read – A man prepares for a 300-km cycling […]
World: Cristiano Ronaldo completed a move to the football club Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr in a groundbreaking deal for Middle Eastern footbal. Al Nassr, the football club posted a picture on social media of the five-time Ballon d’Or holding up the team’s jersey, with the club hailing the signing as “history in the making.” […]
Riyadh: A medical team at Saudi‘s Makkah’s Maternity and Children Hospital succeeded in extracting an electric toothbrush tip from the stomach of a 9-year-old child, endoscopically, without surgical intervention. Makkah’s Health Cluster said that the child was transferred to the hospital’s emergency room after having swallowed the head of an electric toothbrush. After preliminary examinations […]
Dubai: Warner Bros. Discovery’s largest Arabic food network, Fatafeat, announces the launch of its new reality TV show “Chef On Bike”, set to premiere on December 22, 2022. The Saudi chef Turkan Sharawi will host the new adventurous Show, “Chef On Bike” where she will travel with a group of motorcyclists from Jeddah, going through Riyadh and […]
Riyadh: Saudi Entertainment Ventures (SEVEN), has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery, a global leader in real-life entertainment, to bring purpose-built indoor adventures centres to the Kingdom which integrate Discovery’s media content. With this partnership, SEVEN is supporting the goals of PIF to transform the entertainment landscape of the Kingdom by bringing a […]
