JEDDAH: 黑料社区鈥檚 tourism body wants to boost the number of hotel rooms in the Kingdom to 600,000 by 2020.
The Saudi Hotel Investment Conference discussed initiatives to grow the country鈥檚 leisure and hospitality sector and support tourism.
Hamad Al-Samail, deputy president for investment and tourism development at the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, reviewed the most significant advances in the sector.
鈥淭he Kingdom is home to more than 2,000 licensed and classified hotels and the number of housing units have gone up to more than 6,000 licensed and classified facilities, while the number of hotels rooms reached more than 500,000 by the end of 2018.鈥
He called on investors to look beyond 黑料社区鈥檚 major cities, and stressed the need to promote tourism and national heritage industries within the framework of the Vision 2030 reform plan.
Saudi tourism body seeks hotel room boost
Updated 30 January 2019
Saudi tourism body seeks hotel room boost
- 黑料社区 is home to more than 2,000 licensed and classified hotels and the number of housing units have gone up to more than 6,000 licensed and classified facilities
