Saudi Arabia News » Makkah News Saudi Arabia » Makkah » Tourism: 2026 Travel Trends: Saudi travellers prove resilient as flexibility, convenience and AI reshape how they book
Saudi travel demand proved resilient amid regional volatility. Faced with shifting geopolitical dynamics across parts of the wider region, Saudi travellers did not travel less - they shifted their ...
News Saudi Arabia » Makkah » Tourism: Saudi Arabia hotel market: Makkah and Madinah outperform as Riyadh RevPAR falls 23.2%
Saudi Arabia’s hotel market sees Makkah and Madinah outperform in 2026 as religious tourism supports demand while Riyadh RevPAR falls 23.2 per cent ...
News Saudi Arabia » Makkah » Tourism: Saudi tourism takes centre stage as Act Two begins
With Ageel Alshaibani appointed chief executive of the Saudi Tourism Authority, Saudi Arabia enters the second act of its extraordinary tourism transformation, one defined less by announcing ambition ...
News Saudi Arabia » Makkah » Tourism: Continuing its expansion across Saudi Arabia, Aleph Hospitality enters Makkah
Aleph Hospitality, the largest independent hotel management company in the Middle East and Africa, has signed a hotel management agreement with Diyar Al Khalidiyah Hotel Services Company for the Diyar ...
News Saudi Arabia » Makkah » Tourism: Saudi hotel sector defies travel disruptions as Makkah RevPAR rises 8.7%: JLL
Makkah’s occupancy rose 4.0 percentage points year on year to 68.2%, while RevPAR increased 8.7%. Madinah recorded the Kingdom’s highest occupancy at 75.1%, with RevPAR declining 2.4% despite softer ...
News Saudi Arabia » Makkah » Tourism: Saudi Arabia to showcase record tourism growth at ATM 2025
Saudi Arabia welcomed 30 million international visitors in 2024, representing a 9.5 percent increase from the previous year. This impressive growth will be under the spotlight at the upcoming Arabian ...
News Saudi Arabia » Makkah » Tourism: Saudi Allows Foreign Investment in Holy Cities – What it Means For Tourism
Religious tourism is a historic and lucrative business in Saudi Arabia. That should mean it's easier to draw overseas investors. Saudi Arabia has opened up foreign investment into real estate firms in ...
News Saudi Arabia » Makkah » Tourism: Saudi hotel occupancy drops as massive pipeline triggers operator price war
Knight Frank estimates that Saudi Arabia has 176,260 hotel rooms, with another 105,225 under construction or in advanced planning.
News Saudi Arabia » Makkah » Tourism: Saudi Arabia opens Mecca, Medina to foreign investors
Mecca receives millions of Muslim pilgrims each year but the city is undergoing massive development aimed at drawing more — Sameer Al-DOUMY Saudi Arabia on Monday said foreigners are from now on ...