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At the end of the day we’re all travelers we all want to go travel the world visit New destinations experience something new for the first time hello and welcome to this edition of the agenda and where at ITB Berlin that is the world’s leading travel trade
Show and what better place to have your stand here and at Saudi Arabia you you call it a stand but not really it’s huge it’s absolutely huge and joining us is the Saudi minister of Tourism Ahmed alha welcome Mr Minister welcome your Excellency thank you Chris you got to
100 million tourists last year for the first time how does that feel this is it almost makes this a celebration doesn’t it that’s uh a testimony of how the world would like to uh come and visit Saudi Arabia and experience the Arabian culture and the Saudi Hospitality the
World Travel and tourism council is expecting the uh uh number of uh travelers to double by 20132 and we just started the Red Sea projects and the Red Sea Resorts right and neom and Cala and neom it will be best uh Islands ever launched you know
And you will enjoy the best sea and Sun andc experience in syala will be uh will start in October this year and we will continue to offer uh content for for the international Tri Travelers whether in the mountain the Green Mountain in the south of Saudi Arabia or at the Red Sea
Uh for the uh people who travel for the sanan sea and Coastal travel in the same time uh we are maintaining and preserving our environment okay so also joining us is princess hia princess hia is vice minister of Tourism uh for Saudi Arabia and the energy level
Here uh in this stand is quite impressive but you know what if you go all through this ITV Berlin uh travel trade show it’s like that all over the place absolutely how do you compete with that how do you stand out from that competition is good competition is great
It’s healthy and you know Saudi Arabia is a brand new destination that has just opened up it its doors in 2019 or welcoming the world with this energy that you see here today with our young people 2third of our population is under the age of 35 they’re full of energy
They’re worldly they’re uh super excited to host people and there’s also that sort of economic side too as you’re talking about the youth uh it’s very important for the people of Saudi Arabia for there to be employment for there to be opportunities half of those in the in
The tourist business in Saudi Arabia are women can I stay on the theme of women and women tourists is it safe for a woman to to travel in Saudi Arabia I’ll keep the answer answer very simple and tell you we are very happy today to see global indices such as ensure my trip
Rank Saudi cities and Saudi destinations as the top safest for female Travelers in the world so I’ll just say today when even International platforms give the staff of approval so we’re also joined here at ITB with the CEO of visit Saudi F hamidin welcome U your Excellency
What’s new in Saudi Arabia for a tourist like me to come and see what’s not um Saudi has been uh um growing at a pace that surpasses all other destinations in the world let me say that this land is not like any other land this land has
Witnessed the walks and the roots of civilization trade beduins and with every civilization that spans thousands of years back in time left us with archaeology history mystery and wisdom in form with archaeological sites that our people can visit but also poetry romance Legends all these are stories
Who’s best to provide these stories to The Travelers but the local tour guides and going back to your point real Saudi is when you see real local people telling you those stories and I think deepack today back to the panel said I was most riveted by seeing the passion
In the local tour guides talking about their place their story their food and experiences all I can say is this land is not like any other land and the time is now and this land is calling