GENERAL INFORMATION
- We advise you to plan your trip to Saudi Arabia as early as possible to ensure proper and organized process of getting the visa, and plan your journey.
- The currency for Saudi Arabia is the Saudi Riyal and credit cards are widely accepted in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Riyal is equivalent to 3.75 in comparison to 1 USD.
- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia like all other countries has guidelines and cultural aspect that should be respected such as wearing the Abaya for female (cover dress for female).
- There are no barriers to women participation or seating in conferences in Saudi Arabia and female participants are very welcomed.
- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has 27 airports, five of which are international such as King Khalid Airport in the capital Riyadh, King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah City, King Fahad Airport in Dammam, Prince Mohammed Airport in Madinah City and Taif Airport. For more information visit:gaca.gov.sa
- Transportation within the kingdom is mainly via automobile, there are many car rental companies (international and local) as well as many taxi services, and application based transportation services such as Uber and Careem.
- There are many hotels within the kingdom majority of which are four and five stars ranked with high capacity to host huge number of guests.
- During your visit to Saudi Arabia, there are many places and activities to engage in. You are welcome to engage in wide varieties of activities and visit the tourist places within the kingdom. For more information regarding activates outside of your business trip visit:sauditourism.sa/en alternatively check out the tour operators within the list provided in this website: www.toursitguidewebsite.gov.sa
- There are many gift shops within the different cities in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, browse through a wide selection of gift traditional items that represent the Saudi Culture, also do not forget to try out our famous Saudi dates.