Via Omar Al-Ubaydli in alarabiya.net : There is a massive potential for growing the Kingdom’s tourism industry: Out of the total 18 million people who visited Saudi Arabia in 2017, fewer than one million were tourists on holiday. This implies a ratio of less than 0.03 recreational tourists per inhabitant, compared to 1.2 for France, and 3 for Singapore. The “Clash on the Dunes” is an ideal event at an ideal time to help boost this number.
