Ashraf AboArafe
RIYADH – Throughout the year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) receives tourists and visitors from all over the world, and with the approach of the holy month of Ramadan, it is working to provide more facilities that make it easier for visitors to come to perform Umrah and visit Madinah and enjoy its various destinations and various tourism components.
Among these facilities, Saudi Arabia recently announced the availability of a free transit visa, and its welcome for residents of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to obtain a visit visa electronically without requiring specific professions, in addition to the tourist visa system that was launched in September 2019, and then the visit visa. Personal and family announced last year.
The transit visa achieved a quantum leap in the tourism movement in the Kingdom, as it allowed travelers on Saudi airlines to enter the Kingdom and stay for up to four days, visit tourist attractions, attend events and perform Umrah rituals, while they stop at a Saudi airport before reaching their final destination. .
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has made it easy for travelers to issue a transit visa automatically and free of charge, and it can be obtained up to 90 days before the flight, through the electronic platforms designated for booking flights on Saudi Airlines and flynas.
The unified national platform for visas, through its website, visa.mofa.gov.sa, allowed Saudi citizens to issue a “personal visit visa” for their friends, and also enables citizens and residents wishing to host their relatives. Issuance of “family visit visa”.
The various options available for obtaining a visa to visit Saudi Arabia come in order to make it easier for larger segments of visitors to come to the Kingdom and perform Umrah rituals outside the Hajj season, or visit various tourist destinations and attend events, and learn about the hospitality of Saudi society and its good reception of guests, and its authentic customs and traditions.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recently attracted attention with its great tourism activity, which has made it today one of the most important players in the global tourism sector, as Saudi Arabia is a new tourist treasure that has not yet been discovered in the Middle East and the world, despite its potential. Internationally and regionally, due to its tremendous heritage and cultural diversity, and its charming nature, in addition to the momentum of major events that qualify it to redraw the tourism map in the region and the world.
