Saudi Arabia discuss Enhancing Tourism sector with Bulgaria
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Tourism, Ahmed bin Aqil Al-Khateeb held a meeting with the Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Demographic Policy and Minister of Tourism Mariyana Nikolova, currently on a visit to the Kingdom, Saudi Press Agency reported.
The meeting came within the framework of joint cooperation between the Kingdom and Bulgaria.
The meeting dealt with ways to strengthen relations between the two countries in the tourism fields.
The Bulgarian minister toured a number of tourist destinations across the Kingdom, including Salwa Palace in Al-Dir’iyah and Mada’in Saleh in Al-Ula.
Saudi Arabia extends border closure, travel restrictions to May 17 January 29, 2021
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH Saudi Arabia has postponed the reopening of its sea, land, and airports and has extended the travel ban for its citizens to May 17 instead of March 31.
In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency on Friday, an official source at the interior ministry said the decision was taken based on the health ministry’s statement that the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers were late in delivering contracted batches on schedule.
The source added the move to extend the date was made due to the importance of reaching high levels of community immunity in Saudi Arabia before travel is permitted, in light of a possible second wave of the pandemic in many countries, in the interest of public health in the Kingdom and to maintain low infection rates.
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Further details on the new Saudi biennial, which will take place at the ancestral palace of Ad Diriyah, have been announced.
Philip Tinari, the director of the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, will serve as curator. The team will also include Wejdan Reda, who runs the online cultural platform Sahaba. The Ad Diriyah Biennale will take place in 2021, although the exact dates have not been confirmed, and will feature more than 70 artists. It is an initiative by the Saudi Ministry of Culture, and will alternate annually between the Ad Diriyah Biennale, devoted to contemporary art, and the Islamic Biennale, devoted to Islamic art.