{"id":10022,"date":"2019-09-28T16:45:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T11:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=10022"},"modified":"2019-09-28T16:45:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T11:45:22","slug":"saudi-arab-to-open-up-its-foreigner-tourist-visa-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/10022","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arab to Open Up It&#8217;s Foreigner Tourist Visa For The First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Saudi Arabia will open its doors to international tourists for the first time as part of a broader push to cut its economic dependence on oil.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the kingdom will launch a visa regime for 49 countries and relax strict dress codes for female visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism Minister Ahmad al-Khateeb described it as a &#8220;historic moment&#8221; for the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will change the perception, they have to come and see us, they have to come and see the Saudis and live in Saudi Arabia and experience Saudi Arabia,&#8221; Ahmad al-Khateeb, chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage said.<\/p>\n<p>The kingdom wants tourism to represent 10 percent of the economy by 2030, from its current 3 percent, according to the\u00a0 plans, which were launched in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Visas have until now largely been restricted to pilgrims, business people and expatriate workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia will open its doors to international tourists for the first time as part of a broader push to cut its economic dependence on oil. On Friday, the kingdom will launch a visa regime for 49 countries and relax strict dress codes for female visitors. Tourism Minister Ahmad al-Khateeb described it as a &#8220;historic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1460,31,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle-east","category-news","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10024,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10022\/revisions\/10024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}