Tourism Activity Licensing
Tourism Accommodation:
Licensing requirements are based on the understanding of the issues and necessities of the user (tourist and investor) and all the affected industries, as an important input to ensure that the quality is established in the preliminary stages of the operations (regulatory, human resources and correct working atmosphere) in persistent partnership with the supervising agencies of public and the private sectors during each phase, to ensure availability of quality desired by the user and the integration of the business practices with required control for the smooth operations.
Tourism accommodation includes the following elements:
1- Hotels:
· Investor's guide book
· Steps for obtaining license
· Appendix
· List of licensees
2- Furnished Accommodation Units:
· Investor's guide book
· Steps for obtaining license
· Appendix
· List of licensees
3- Tourism Trips Organizers:
Tourism trip organizer is considered as a key element for developing and promoting tourism industry through designing, marketing and executing integrated tourism programs and activities, which will contribute to the incrementing of the domestic tourism momentum, and giving the tourist an enjoyable and distinguished tourism experience.
· List of licensees
· Electronic Access System
4- Tourism and Travel Agencies:
These are entitled to sell, purchase and book travel tickets inside and outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia across different modes of transport as well as marketing tourism trips programs to the tourists provided by tourism trip organizers.
· Investor's guide book
· Access to the system
· List of licensees
5- Tourist Guides:
Tourist guide is an ambassador inside and outside his country. He has a distinguished and prominent role in creating a positive impression on the tourist who visits his country. His role also includes developing and activating tourism in the Kingdom, taking into consideration that it is an attractive activity as a paid job, for spending holidays in the company of a variety of tourist groups.
· Appendix
· List of licensees
· Electronic access system
6- “Timeshare” Program Looks to Future:
The high degree of optimism expressed by various commercial and real estate communities in the tourist industry concerning the future of “Timeshare” in the GCC countries in general and Saudi Arabia as a whole is justified and reasonable due to the increased government interest and the awareness of growing importance of tourism industry for its intrinsic role in stimulating local economies by supplementing income from local as well as foreign tourism.
· Investor's guide book
· Charges