{"id":44590,"date":"2022-01-14T17:24:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T17:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/?p=44590"},"modified":"2024-09-12T19:19:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T19:19:24","slug":"saudi-arabia-an-american-perspective-on-travel-to-the-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/saudi-arabia-an-american-perspective-on-travel-to-the-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia: An American Perspective on Travel to the Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When the regional tourism authorities of NEOM and Al Ula invited myself and Douglas Grimes to visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and provide our perspectives on tourism development here<\/strong>, we literally jumped at the opportunity. For 35 years we\u2019ve explored the crossroads of Europe and Asia and parts of the Middle East, and Saudi Arabia has long been near the top of our list of places we most wanted to explore due to our fascination with contemporary politics and historical trade routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We realized at the outset of our trip planning that the imagery of The Kingdom in our minds was largely based on limited and dated information (mostly entirely negative, in our opinion) <\/strong>as portrayed in western press and government warnings. (Thankfully, now we are seeing that’s changing a bit as travel writers have visited the Kingdom in the last few months and more information about the various changes and newfound freedoms sweeping the Kingdom are getting out into the travel and more mainstream press). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We could not have known just how impressed we would be<\/strong> with the hospitality, the modernity of the infrastructure, and the stunning natural landscapes and rock art we encountered literally all over the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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