The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
receives hundreds of thousands of visitors each
year, but few enter as tourists. This conservative
country connecting Africa and mainland Asia contains
the spiritual centre of the Islamic world, Mecca,
and the sacred city of Medina, so most of the
visitors are pilgrims, permitted on special religious
visas.
Others come to this
oil-rich nation on sponsored business trips, generally
finding little time or facility for leisure and
pleasure. Saudi Arabia is intent on keeping its
traditions, culture and religious heritage away
from prying western eyes.
Its cities, however,
are not backwaters but modern, bustling commercial
centres, like the Royal capital, Riyadh, offering
excellent hotels and some breathtaking sights,
like the Al Faisaliah golden geodesic dome, one
of the tallest buildings in the region.
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