Slated to become the world\u2019s largest living museum, KSA\u2019s Al Ula is expected to generate more than 67,000 jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reported by sister publication Arabian Business<\/em>, the Royal Commission for Al Ula (RCU) estimates approximately half of those jobs will fall into the tourism sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Al Ula is one of the many developments in the Saudi Vision 2030, the framework plan for the site was revealed at the 10th UN World Urban Forum this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visitors at the forum saw the vision for Al Ula through interactive displays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n RCU CEO Amr Al Madani said: “We chose the World Urban Forum as a credible global platform to engage with the world\u2019s leading developers and sustainability experts and share our plans for the long-term, responsible development of Al Ula as world\u2019s largest living museum.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Al Madani added: “By combining heritage with nature, we are \ntransforming the cultural landscape of Al Ula and establishing the \ncounty as a global tourism destination with a thriving economy and local\n community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He added that the Kingdom\u2019s recent introduction of tourist visas has \nbeen instrumental to the country\u2019s growth and developments such as Al \nUla feed into this growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Not only have we opened our doors to travellers benefiting from \nSaudi Arabia’s new tourist visas, we’ve also delivered the \ninfrastructure that is central to growth.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eyed to become a living museum, Al Ula will become a global centre \nfor culture, heritage, arts and eco-tourism. Al Madani said that Al Ula \nis \u201cSaudi Arabia\u2019s gift to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Located 1,100km from Riyadh in north-west Saudi Arabia, Al Ula \ncomprises an oasis valley, sandstone mountains and ancient cultural \nheritage sites dating back thousands of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Arabian Business<\/em> noted the site is targeting to host two million visitors by 2035.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Slated to become the world\u2019s largest living museum, KSA\u2019s Al Ula is expected to generate more than 67,000 jobs. Reported by sister publication Arabian Business, the Royal Commission for Al Ula (RCU) estimates approximately half of those jobs will fall into the tourism sector. Al Ula is one of the many developments in the Saudi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1816,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions\/1816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}