Saudi Arabia To Begin Issuing of Tourist Visas

The Saudi government has approved a plan to begin issuing tourist visas for the country according to Al Watan newspaper.  The paper’s sources stated that, in the first stage of the rollout, visas will only be available to groups of visitors through authorized tour operators. Jamal Al-Fakhri, a member of the Shoura Council and the executive committee of Tabuk Tourism Development Council, via IFTTT