Intrepid travelers with a taste for luxury and conservatism may now visit the desert country, which is home to five UNESCO World Heritage sites.
. For reference, that comes out to more than $93 million for every man, woman and child. Bolstered by such concentrated wealth, the country has drawn cultural elites from a broad range of disciplines and backgrounds. Designers and Michelin-starred restaurateurs from Europe have opened boutiques and eateries in Riyadh and Jeddah, while museums like the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture display impressive art collections.
Previously, the only visas available to those wishing to visit the ultraconservative Muslim country were for work, study, visiting family and religious pilgrimages.
Japanese tourists in front of a Nabataean tomb in Madain Saleh archaeologic site, Al Madinah Province, Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia on January 23, 2010. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia launched a new tourist visa program September 28.Women visiting the kingdom under the new tourist visa program may wear their own clothes, but must cover themselves from their shoulders to their knees.
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