Travel Deals For Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia (officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

is the largest Arab country of the Middle East. It is bordered by Jordan and Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south. The Persian Gulf lies to the northeast and the Red Sea to its west. It has an estimated population of 28 million, and its size is approximately 2,149,690 square kilometres (830,000 sq mi). The Kingdom is sometimes called "The Land of the Two Holy Mosques" in reference to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest places in Islam. The two mosques are Masjid al-Haram (in Mecca) and Masjid Al-Nabawi (in Medina). The current Kingdom was founded by Abdul-Aziz bin Saud, whose efforts began in 1902 when he captured the Al-Sauds ancestral home of Riyadh, and culminated in 1932 with the proclamation and recognition of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, though its national origins go back as far as 1744 with the establishment of the First Saudi State. Saudi Arabia is an Islamic absolute monarchy form of government.

Mecca receives around 4 million for umrah even without any season, during the month of Hajj Mecca receives around 3 million pilgrims.

Saudi Commission for Tourism & Antiquities

Saudi Commission for Tourism & Antiquities (SCTA) (Arabic: ) is state-run organization, devoted for developing tourism sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with particular focus on encouraging and supporting domestic tourism through sponsoring and conducting tourism events across the country.

Saudi Council of Ministers on 12/01/1421, corresponding to 16/04/2000, issued, Resolution No. (9), to establish Supreme Commission for Tourism, emphasizing that the tourism activity is one of the productive sectors in enduring the Saudi tourists within the country, increasing opportunities for investment, development of human potential and expansion and creation of new employment opportunities for Saudi citizens. In view of the importance of Antiquities and Museums, a Royal decree No. (2/A) dated 28/02/1424, corresponding to 30/04/2003, was issued to integrate Antiquities and Museums Agency into the Supreme Commission for Tourism, accordingly, SCT came into being as a body responsible for the implementation of these tasks in addition to the responsibility for Tourism. The Council of Ministers on 16/03/1429, corresponding to 23/03/2008, issued a new resolution No. 78, according to which, the name of Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT) was changed to Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), with the confirmation that the domestic tourism is a reality that requires the formation of a national authority responsible for its planning and development due to the following distinct components of the Kingdom.

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