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Saudi Arabia’s growing travel sector
AlArabiya English
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4/29/2025
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OK, so the sector is really evolving.
00:02
Just talk us through the actual value of travel and tourism to the Saudi economy.
00:06
What sort of growth, what sort of trends are we seeing in this regard?
00:11
Yeah, I mean, I think it's almost close to 10% of GDP now, as you mentioned earlier, with over 400,000 jobs.
00:17
And that's only growing.
00:19
The travel sector is not just the people working in the airline or the airport,
00:24
but it's all of the hotels, all of the agencies, all of the experience and event providers.
00:29
There's a huge travel and tourism-related economy that the country is investing in,
00:36
building talent, building capabilities for, to grow.
00:41
Even at Al-Masafra, we have our own in-house academy tailored to bringing out services
00:46
and improving the services of our staff to the customers.
00:49
But also, you know, the Ministry of Tourism has sent a number of Saudis,
00:54
young Saudi talent to some of the best hospitality and tourism schools around the world
00:59
to bring that experience into the kingdom as they open up for tourism.
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