Inside Saudi Arabia’s $800 Billion Travel Destination Transformation

Inside Saudi Arabia’s $800 Billion Travel Destination Transformation | Forbes

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Saudi Arabia is on a massive building spree-creating private islands, luxury hotels, theme parks, cruise ports, and even a desert ski resort. The question remains: If they build it, who will come?
It can be difficult to visualize the vastness of Saudi Arabia’s physical transformation. Some of the most notable ongoing projects-including Sindalah, a 7-star private island, and Trojena, an improbable desert ski resort-fall within NEOM, a $500-billion built-from-scratch region in northwest Saudi Arabia where the Kingdom is creating new cities, resorts and other developments. Bankrolled mainly by the Kingdom’s $700-billion Public Investment Fund (PIF), the idea for NEOM was born out of Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to shake off its historic reliance on oil and diversify its economy, reinventing the country as a global tourism juggernaut.
Euromonitor predicts that international tourists will spend $38 billion in 2030. But the total economic impact for Saudi Arabia will be far greater after adding in domestic travelers’ expenditures and the ripple effect of one million new tourism jobs. The World Travel & Tourism Council projects that, by 2032, Saudi Arabia’s tourism sector could contribute nearly $169 billion to its GDP, representing 17.1% of the total Saudi economy.
00:00 Intro
00:24 New Cities, Resorts, and Hotels
02:05 Saudi Arabia’s Tourism Moonshot
03:09 Foreign Travelers in Saudi Arabia
04:39 Preparing For The Future
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@Mister_Rooster 5 ай бұрын

Why does this whole segment feel empty like Suaid Arabia payed for it?

@desertfalcon2786 Ай бұрын

Haters gonna hate

@CruiseControlM3 Ай бұрын

Bcoz they probably did

@Kevin-xv4ry Ай бұрын

More like it seems cool but the video is cut to cause a seizure.

@darkmatter5424 5 ай бұрын

This like Saudi Arabia policy makers waking up and suddenly wanting to be the next Dubai. 😅

@reemreem3674 5 ай бұрын

So? the being developmen and you keep being envious 😅

@user-mq3kl1xo3w 4 ай бұрын

You are envious

@noonwraith401 2 ай бұрын

Dmb fck.This was planned long ago.

@---dx4ut 2 ай бұрын

Who said we want to be Dubai? Who said development is restricted to a city? Dubai lacks of UAE’ identity unlike KSA cities. Our future is unique in all aspects.

@JoshuahnJackstonburg 5 ай бұрын

One thing that is sort-of interesting though - there seems to be no fear of sea-level rises amid spending countless billions on new beach cities, fake islands etc. No extra beach building either. The same has been and still is the case in UAE, Bahrain and Qatar. Come to think of it - all over the world where there is no tectonic plate (crustal) subduction or subsidence - this is the case.

@muazunais2378 5 ай бұрын

There's already technology to fight that just dig the sea and beach it more

@JoshuahnJackstonburg 5 ай бұрын

@@muazunais2378 Dig the sea!!??😂

@muazunais2378 5 ай бұрын

@@JoshuahnJackstonburg seems like 1st world country education is far backwards lmao, the sea levels does increase but it's just couple of millimeters and centimeters an year but that can easily fought back by land reclamation that's what most countries do including the maldives.

@JoshuahnJackstonburg 5 ай бұрын

@@muazunais2378 Yet they don't - so 1st world education is lying.

@muazunais2378 5 ай бұрын

@@JoshuahnJackstonburg cuz still there isn't a need to reclaim land, when the need arrives the government will decide on that

@jamaljames2578 5 ай бұрын

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

@GlimpseGetaways 5 ай бұрын

If you're planning a trip ask about complimentary hotel stays. Rather than have a vacant room they hotels will offer these complimentary stays in hopes you spend in other ways

@importantstuf8870 Күн бұрын

who do you ask

@ackeemsmith4637 5 ай бұрын

Wait a second why does this sound like a advertisement

@ronwalker3726 5 ай бұрын

I was born there. Embrace petroleum or starvation- 'sand will cover this place. sand will cover you'- Frank Herbert

@adamsaciid4919 5 ай бұрын

Nonsense 😂

@hussammoh3791 5 ай бұрын

ungrateful

@user-hi9cl6vt4c 4 ай бұрын

And water will flood ur country😂

@rioluna6058 4 ай бұрын

Yes I know floods Will be a problem for my country.. Will try to Make artificial lakes... But right now we are in a drought... The last 9 months have been récord breaking temperatures this summes you Will feel it too. Things are starting to change... @@user-hi9cl6vt4c

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@Hjw511 5 ай бұрын

I'm lk glad we have countries with a massive, sandy canvas and a ton of oil to create whatever they want on it.

@user-rs7km6ke9q 2 ай бұрын

نفتخر بالسعوديه 🇸🇦❤

@othosos 5 ай бұрын

It's very obvious that Saudi Arabia knows something we don't. Oil economy is on it's way out and they are replacing it with tourism. This should be the bigger news here, What does the Saudi's know about the future of Oil?

@chrism.1131 5 ай бұрын

With VR… We won't need to actually go there.

@AbdikarimMohamed-fh8jo 5 ай бұрын

Go watch mbs views on future of oil

@Ruder6163 5 ай бұрын

All the Arab Oil states in the have been trying to shift their economy for sometime now. The biggest success is Qatar and the UAE. Imam has done a decent job as well. They’ve know the dominance of fossil fuels come to an end. Saudi Arabia couldn’t shift their economy due to the extreme conservatism in the state. They’re doing a better job lifting that though.

@SamMloome 5 ай бұрын

oil is going nowhere. maybe less daily output but just look at the EV reversal lately

@caleb9231 4 ай бұрын

The earth makes more oil through chemical reactions than we use. Oil is not going anywhere.

@chuchu8215 5 ай бұрын

Liquor is still banned.

@kayn6858 5 ай бұрын

It will be legalised soon

@moonvenerable7897 5 ай бұрын

good

@jerrynadler2883 5 ай бұрын

yes. freedom= being able to get drunk and eating pork.

@righteousone1 5 ай бұрын

@@jerrynadler2883 Also your exwife taking your home, money and children.

@MM-zo7q 5 ай бұрын

@@righteousone1 Don't forget being eternally indebted to the State to get a degree.

@collinsmbaka 5 ай бұрын

the middle east is really having a moment. it's beautiful to watch. Africa, when will you wake up? 😢

@zm_headhunter 5 ай бұрын

Why are you talking about Africa as a one unified country?

@hussammoh3791 5 ай бұрын

Well done Saudi Arabia. Such a great vision a new market and will benefit everyone.

@nickg2561 5 ай бұрын

Nothing there appeals to me. They should invest into industry and education instead of trying to impress outsiders

@aabdul4323 5 ай бұрын

Well thats show how close minded you are I suggest you educate yourself

@samuelhoran7898 5 ай бұрын

They're already doing all of that.

@chillout914 5 ай бұрын

they already did they have good universties still industry yes they need to do more

@NadidLinchestein 5 ай бұрын

They already have the best universities in the Middle East

@___Truth___ 5 ай бұрын

The point of education is that future intelligencia can come up with ideas, tools, and technologies that would expand & multiply the productivity of a country, not that the point of education is to just host good universities

@user-yl7ik8bt4k 2 ай бұрын

خطوه جيده بالتوفيق

@SirMatt1216 2 ай бұрын

I would be really glad to visit Saudi Arabia as it will be really near to me.Maybe I would visit it every 2-3 years if it turns out great!

@fakhriirwan7499 2 ай бұрын

ماشاءالله تبارك الله

@alastaircv 5 ай бұрын

Zero chance of me giving KSA one cent of my tourism spend anytime soon.

@mahmoudbouaziz3797 5 ай бұрын

Oo please they need your money

@user-nf3zv6sp7k 5 ай бұрын

You can't afford saudi 😂

@KRIPSYNODUTS 5 ай бұрын

@@user-nf3zv6sp7k so far Saudi is so affordable, nothing great there so far and very boring place. Hope it changes in a decade as lot of them ready ready to make a profit (we missed that in Dubai but made good profit from Qatar before WC and hope to replicate the same from Saudi soon). Hope soon Saudi will be liberal like Dubai ,without that it’s just be like Qatar.

@jevonwilliams4579 5 ай бұрын

Yeah real talk i dont like saudi arabia

@gustavoritter7321 5 ай бұрын

I doubt you have any tbh

@adamcheklat7387 5 ай бұрын

5:06-5:14: I had that same thought as well.

@omarmontes90 5 ай бұрын

Estimates are far over valued. The natural reserves of oil are expected to run out in the next 5-10 years. If they are spending everything they have on these projects I don't think the country can be sustainable and some projects will be left underdeveloped like UAE. Also if everything is luxury who can afford to visit?

@Fahad-be6nx 2 ай бұрын

Saudi Arabia will benefit from oil for many decades, even if they do not depend on it like before

@sharafatbaba2026 2 ай бұрын

Mashallah beautiful ❤️

@Rebottersiszer 5 ай бұрын

Thats quite a travel destination! GJ!

@user-vi8xp8rw2s 2 ай бұрын

Amazing

@pharmaNutshell. 2 ай бұрын

Saudi Arabia ❤ is one of the best places that you can ever imagine to visit❤️. Saudi Arabia you will meet kind and respectful people from all over the world 🌎 dealing with you with the full hospitality you can ever thought you’re gonna have❤️.

@gilkin6328 5 ай бұрын

Under the Vision 2030 plan, Prince Mohammed has brought in several multibillion-dollar projects to put Saudi Arabia on the map for innovation, tech and youth-driven initiatives."We have big opportunities in front of us in different sectors and we have to exploit them to continue to grow and prosper," he said on the Liwan Al Mudaifer Show.

@myelocake7 5 ай бұрын

zero desire to visit countries were human rights are violated

@ahmedeisa4785 5 ай бұрын

WEST?

@sak30 2 ай бұрын

Better avoid all countries then and live in your basement.

@morshedalam8705 2 ай бұрын

Wow❤

@NadaAwad-ge3lo 2 ай бұрын

رائعه

@jazzlondon1634 5 ай бұрын

Saudi Arabia will be a tourist destination par excelence. The world will be surprized at what the Saudis are building now. It's a matter of time only. Wait and you will see. Best of luck and keep going. Greetings from an Algerian in London.

@DbdnSbxbzb 2 ай бұрын

رائعه المملكه العربيه السعوديه. بلاد الحرمين الشرفين

@abulkalamazad7871 2 ай бұрын

The new city Saudi Arabia scored beautiful nice excellent Project mission 2030

@Goldencareauto Ай бұрын

Nice video ❤🎉

@piegangxbankroll8970 5 ай бұрын

Built for the rich by the rich sad

@mahfoozurjamielrahman9719 Ай бұрын

They doubted dubai and look at it today. Saudi will be amazing. Im glad they dream and try there best

@DbdnSbxbzb 2 ай бұрын

تحول المملكه. بشكلً. كبير لما حباها الله عزوجل. من خيرات

@AlexD5241 5 ай бұрын

Hmm, looks cool but my concern is the demand, are there enough wealthy travelers in the world to populate these resorts? I think not, more and more, at least Americans, are sinking into poverty, lower and middle class people (85% of the population) can NOT afford to travel, so I think these tourism and resort investments will not get the return they're seeking.

@deserteffect1001 5 ай бұрын

Ma man, you are actually falling for the media videos of that. The numbers and percentages tell a different story. Of course, not denying that there are financial issues in USA for example, for Americans, but there are millions of middle class and above, just in USA, without mentioning other countries in the world that also have big numbers.

@DbdnSbxbzb 2 ай бұрын

الحمدالله ربيًً على النعم التي أنعمت بها. الارض المقدسه

@user-ne5jm1ug6q 2 ай бұрын

ماشاء الله ❤️.

@dksharron 5 ай бұрын

Saudi Arabia is like Phoenix without cold beer.

@anthonyk423 5 ай бұрын

I highly doubt Saudi Arabia gets a lot of tourist with the way the run the country and their religious police. Most people would rather go to the already established and more friendly UAE.

@AbdikarimMohamed-fh8jo 5 ай бұрын

Saudi recieved more visitors than uae I would like to go both saudi and uae

@Anonymous-wy5dc 5 ай бұрын

This is incorrect, Saudi is booming with tourists.

@anthonyk423 5 ай бұрын

@@AbdikarimMohamed-fh8jo that’s mostly because of Islam’s 2 holy sites in Mecca and Medina but Saudi Arabia doesn’t make anywhere near to what the UAE makes from tourism.

@anthonyk423 5 ай бұрын

@@Anonymous-wy5dc it’s a big difference between tourist coming to visits it’s holy sites for religious reason and people coming to the country for vacation and to spend money.

@AbdikarimMohamed-fh8jo 5 ай бұрын

@anthonyk423 so in 2023 17 million visited for Riyadh season not for realigious and also if 17 million visited for Riyadh season how much do you think after everything is established in 2030?

@tropicalblum 5 ай бұрын

I would love to go, but I do like my cocktails 🍸

@user-nh3ec3db3c 5 ай бұрын

When its done , it will be avalible

@theindubitable 5 ай бұрын

There will not be same laws applied as in rest of Saudi.

@hxhshow9 5 ай бұрын

stay home then

@MM-zo7q 5 ай бұрын

Kindly stay where you are

@cormaconeill6619 5 ай бұрын

Lol...

@anam.caballerowilson9421 5 ай бұрын

❤Can't wait Great Secret History, Martian landscape

@Koeweit 3 ай бұрын

Suddenly everybody in the comment section become experts in politics, economics, tourism and even geologists and want to teach the Saudi government how to do things better *SMH*

@user-pb4xl4eu7m 2 ай бұрын

Nice

@Imteaz22Ahmad 2 ай бұрын

Nice Video

@user-wt9tb7en5l 2 ай бұрын

ماشاء الله تبارك الله

@chrisballUKtoNZ 2 ай бұрын

38 mil tourists spending 1k each by 2030 doesn't scream luxury 7 star to me

@sosshoq8571 2 ай бұрын

Wooow this saudi arbia

@louayalareedy4513 2 ай бұрын

nice

@user-rg9ox7zb1d 2 ай бұрын

روعه للغايه

@user-xb6gf3py8u 2 ай бұрын

عظيم جدن رائعه للغايه

@matthewdower5383 2 ай бұрын

There is no way they will get these numbers, not when a simple tourist visa costs $131 or more.

@aqdalati 5 ай бұрын

So KSA has money for this but have a completely privatised system for most social services. K

@Khanate1923 5 ай бұрын

This will unfortunetly will not work

@rollericarus 5 ай бұрын

That’s what they said abt Dubai…

@rollericarus 5 ай бұрын

@@piegangxbankroll8970 right? Terrible. They don’t have anything that sets them apart like man made islands or beautiful high rise buildings. Could be a great city but they lack these essentials.

@NadidLinchestein 5 ай бұрын

Well unfortunately for you, they're already one of the richest countries in the world. Turks crying left and right

@NadidLinchestein 5 ай бұрын

@@piegangxbankroll8970 Yeah it's very good, if you can't afford then don't bark

@piegangxbankroll8970 5 ай бұрын

@@NadidLinchestein you probably barking cause a dog

@jebbo-c1l 5 ай бұрын

I swear a child running Saudi Arabia would be able to invest the oil money more wisely

@phoenix5054 5 ай бұрын

A child is running Saudi.

@Trumppower 5 ай бұрын

I think they are expecting more Guests from Israel lol

@AbdikarimMohamed-fh8jo 5 ай бұрын

Israel and entire world

@zm_headhunter 5 ай бұрын

I can go as far as saying that they are preparing to start a demographic change in the north and give the land to Israel

@DbdnSbxbzb 2 ай бұрын

في النهايه اقول. الحمدالله

@tarekalmaamoun 2 ай бұрын

Nice country

@user-sy7dv8od9b 2 ай бұрын

رائع

@gilkin6328 5 ай бұрын

“We want to live a normal life. A life in which our religion translates to tolerance, to our traditions of kindness,” he told international business leaders at a conference in Riyadh last year.

@jar1286 5 ай бұрын

Soy español pero me gustaría ir a Arabia

@naar7192 5 ай бұрын

Bienvenido!🎉🎉🎉

@LookingAround354 5 ай бұрын

Are they building a bone saw museum too?

@zapfanzapfan 5 ай бұрын

The MBS museum...

@ArabianQuirkSA 5 ай бұрын

That’s hypocritical coming from you

@htaf1664 2 ай бұрын

❤❤روعه

@danopticon Ай бұрын

Claiming Saudi Arabia are “creating […] ski resorts” requires your definition of “creating” to be *very* loose - perhaps only meaning “drawing pretty pictures.”

@mathieudumoulin3383 5 ай бұрын

Saoudi Arabia doesn’t want to rely on oil, but they bet on international tourism ? 😅

@keithframe3489 5 ай бұрын

They're trying, but people are not convinced. they need to get rid of islam first.

@sharonlee7111 5 ай бұрын

All of that construction and they don't have sewers😮

@user-nf3zv6sp7k 5 ай бұрын

Like Detroit? 😂

@chuckscott-cy7iq 5 ай бұрын

They use women as sewers : )

@nashemee2573 5 ай бұрын

@@chuckscott-cy7iq this is not the western baby where woman starting OF etc 😂😂😂😂

@AbdikarimMohamed-fh8jo 5 ай бұрын

Why need sewer when you can have burj khalifa

@chuckscott-cy7iq 5 ай бұрын

@@nashemee2573 All wn are the same : )

@EthanZoid 5 ай бұрын

It’s like they never heard of climate change lol😂

@DbdnSbxbzb 2 ай бұрын

الخدمات التي تقدمها المملكه. للشعب بل لكافة الوافدين اليها

@benk8109 Ай бұрын

First step should be to get rid of the high visa fees...

@mahmoudattia4852 2 ай бұрын

Saudi Arabia will a worldwide destination soon with the varieties available from nature to religion

@foyo00x55 Ай бұрын

That one gonna visit

@paul2081ok 5 ай бұрын

I’m impressed with S.A. Airports because they have cafes that serves genuine Middle East Cuisine Not expensive!

@user-yh7ds6dv2f 2 ай бұрын

عظيم جدا

@muradelissaoui6390 5 ай бұрын

Amazing! Just on time. I mean the dollar domination could come to an end. There is a great resistance of maintaining the actual system which lead to a huge gap in equity across the world. lack of development in countries where purchase of gasoline is almost impossible.

@rasplay5761 5 ай бұрын

what was this glass wall in the desert?

@rayanalzahrani8756 5 ай бұрын

The line

@sergejf3742 2 ай бұрын

What I do not understand is the long term ROI of such massive investments knowing that based on the World Bank climate projections for Saudi Arabia, the maximum daily temperature in the Summer could hit nearly 51 degrees Celsius taking into account a moderately bad pathway. Do planners expect tourists to stay indoors during their entire stay in the kingdom?

@seasong7655 5 ай бұрын

You could find the generic luxury hotels and car centric city design everywhere. There's literally no reason to travel there. If you want to attract tourism you need have a culture first

@zm_headhunter 5 ай бұрын

I consider myself to be neutral, but I wonder what do you mean by culture?

@deserteffect1001 5 ай бұрын

And they do have a very rich culture and it is embedded in almost every city of the kingdom. Go to Najd or Dirriya where the kingdom started almost 300 years ago.

@abdur_rahim_nil 2 ай бұрын

Good content ❤

@user-vi8xp8rw2s 2 ай бұрын

I like it

@rt-a2005 5 ай бұрын

Their grandfather and great grandfathers were camel riders and they will also eventually turn into camel riders.

@chrism.1131 5 ай бұрын

But… They will be riding virtual camels.

@aabdul4323 5 ай бұрын

Couldn’t be more proud 😍 🐪

@NadidLinchestein 5 ай бұрын

Nah, we ride Rolls royce and you can stay homeless

@aabdul4323 5 ай бұрын

@@NadidLinchestein Good for you, guess who controls your gasoline

@AbdikarimMohamed-fh8jo 5 ай бұрын

Camel ridding is wrong now? We use to ride camel and horses and we are ready to embrace the future why don't you want us to devolope?

@Abhishek-vv1yg 5 ай бұрын

1980-2020 best life experience ❤

@VegasVaron 5 ай бұрын

Only if you are male, rich, don’t speak your mind and hope the religious police don’t look at you crosseyed. Soooo many other places in the world to explore why go to a Saudi Arabia?

@righteousone1 5 ай бұрын

@@VegasVaron Go wave your little rainbow flag in Vegas.