Measures include mandatory pre-booking of tickets, temperature checks at the airport, distancing and limitations of visitors at heritage and other sites, increased sanitation measures and mandatory mask-wearing. Significant COVID safety measures have been put in place that adhere to the Ministry of Health protocols, which align with the ‘safe travels’ guidelines published by the World Travel and Tourism Council.
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AlUla’s new Quality Assurance Program also ensures visitors will receive a warm and professional AlUla welcome. Visitors to AlUla will enjoy significant airport enhancements, new comfortable transport options around town and the heritage sites, and information provision at two new visitor centres.
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The RCU has confirmed that the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hegra the ancient kingdom of Dadan and the whispering canyons of Jabal Ikmah will be the first sites to re-open to the public, having been largely closed off to visitors for two plus years. Wrapped in almost 10,000 square metres of mirrors reflecting its desert surrounds, this multi-purpose concert and entertainment venue is a modern man-made feat of achievement.Ĭan you brief us about the upcoming projects in AlUla and the number of tourist destinations and attractions?ĪlUla, the open-air museum of unprecedented historical and cultural significance in North West Saudi Arabia will be reopening its heritage sites on 30 October in a significant step to realize its tourism ambitions. AlUla is also home to Maraya, the architectural wonder. AlUla will once again provide a sanctuary and meeting point for travelers who understand that a better future depends on our mutual understanding of one another. With a focus firmly on conservation and light-touch tourism experiences, AlUla’s sensitive development will set the benchmark for sustainable tourism globally. It is a place of exceptional natural beauty with unique geology and history and incredible landscapes, a must-visit destination for discerning travellers seeking meaningful, authentic travel experiences.On the incense trading route, AlUla has been a place of creative inspiration and cultural exchange for millennia being with its lush green oasis providing shelter and a home to civilisations for 7000 years. AlUla is a time-capsule that is being opened to offer a new understanding of early humans and will reposition the global understanding of the significance of early Arabian civilisations. What characterizes AlUla and sets it apart?ĪlUla is a unique open living museum, home to over 200,000 years of human history including Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hegra. AlUla has also recently collaborated with the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), for the completion of the second phase of AlUla’s airport development project, a key component of its strategy to position the city as a major tourism destination and logistics hub. As one of the first of the giga-projects to welcome tourists, albeit domestic visitors initially, all eyes will be on AlUla as it re-opens its key heritage sites to stimulate tourism in a COVID safe way. How important is the role AlUla plays in this roadmap and milestone?ĪlUla plays an important role in the Saudi Vision of 2030 which is evidenced by its visitor goals, with a goal of over 250k visitors by 2022, and 2m visitors by 2032. Saudi Vision 2030 aimed at doubling tourism by 2020.
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