The voco Makkah hotel is a 4,321-key property with 20,000 sqm of dining facilities
Saudi National Day is celebrated to mark the unification of Hejaz and Najd into one unified kingdom
The regions of Makkah, Asir, Jazan and Al-Baha are likely to be affected by medium to heavy rains that may lead to flooding
Heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast in most regions in the kingdom for the next few days
Personal visas can either be a single entry visa valid for 90 days or a multiple entry visa valid for 365 days
The Address Jabal Omar Makkah in Saudi Arabia is located within the Jabal Omar development
The electronic visa process is part of the country’s efforts to facilitate travel and enable more Muslims to perform Umrah rituals
The move comes as part of the kingdom’s efforts to organise Hajj effectively
The 2,060MW solar plant is set to be developed in Saudi Arabia’s Makkah province
The airline will be deploying 31 additional flights to Jeddah and double daily flights to Medina from June 23 until July 20
The kingdom reopened the Grand Mosque in Makkah to domestic Umrah pilgrims on Sunday, July 25
The bus network consists of two stages and aims to serve pilgrims and residents of Makkah
Visitors are subject to strict Covid-19 precautionary protocols
The railway line’s services were suspended in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic
The railway line’s services were suspended in March 2020 to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic
UK technology companies involved in smart city projects across the region share their experience of collaborating with developers in the Gulf
The Saudi national has been referred to the Public Prosecution
The number of pilgrims allowed to perform Umrah has increased to 15,000 per day
The registration of Umrah pilgrims for the first 10 days has been completed
The number of pilgrims attending this year’s Hajj has been limited to 1,000
Only about 1,000 pilgrims – all from inside Saudi Arabia – have been permitted to perform Hajj this year
The project will see the addition of “tens of thousands” of hotel and residential units in Makkah in later phases
Several precautionary measures have to be followed at the mosques
More than 220,000 people from the country were expected to participate in this year’s Hajj
On April 25, Saudi reported 1,197 new Covid-19 cases with the highest number of new cases detected in Makkah
Temperatures are expected to exceed 48 degrees celsius