Saudi Arabia set to add 500,000 hotel rooms via major projects: Minister

Saudi Arabia is on course to construct 400,000-500,000 hotel rooms in various projects, including NEOM, Qiddiya and Diriyah, Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al Khateeb said today, Sept. 27.

Al Khateeb was speaking at the World Tourism Day 2023 Conference in Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia needs to create one million jobs in the tourism sector over the next 10 years, the minister said, noting that 200,000 jobs would be created in the next three to four years