Saudi Arabia is planning to open the region of Al-Ula for tourists

The Saudi Arabia Government is looking to attract tourists by opening up the region of Al-Ula. This archaeologically rich area is set to become a tourist hotspot, as the kingdom is looking to opening up to tourists and offer tourist visas.

The beautiful Al-Ula region offers pre-Islamic ruins, and is considered to be an open-air museum. The tombs here in the region of Al-Ula contain pre-historic inscriptions and drawings, and they are examples of Nabataen artistic tradition. What you will see here is proof of millennia-old civilisations on the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is in fact looking forward to signing an agreement with Paris that would help in tourism and cultural development of the archaeological site.

Al-Ula has the first UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Saudi Kingdom, called Madain Saleh.It was built more than 2,000 years ago by the Nabataeans. Al-Ula, the walled city, is packed with mud-brick and stone houses, but they seem to be decaying under the sun. Preservation plans are on the cards, as the collaboration with France could transform the heritage village of Al-Ula into an open museum after all.
Expected to open within the next three to five years, Al-Ula has the potential to be one of the most important archaeological destinations for tourists from across the world.