Al-Marsad newspaper: An infographic showed the most prominent details of the new tourism system.
The system includes a set of legal rules that regulate the tourism sector, starting with defining the tourist facility, tourism activities, the concept of tourism guide, and defining the obligations of the licensee for tourism activity and the applicable penalties in case of violation of the system.
The main goal of the system
– Ensuring the provision of tourism services with the best standards approved by the Ministry of Tourism.
Strengthening supervision and regulation in the tourism sector.
The tourism sector keeps pace with the best international practices in regulating the sector.
– Enhancing tourist destinations and promoting tourist areas.
* Highlights of the system
The system took into account the following considerations
– Prohibition of offending the Kingdom’s tourism reputation and encroaching on or causing damage to tourist destinations and components.
– Issuance of tourist visas permits from the Ministry of Tourism, according to agreed controls between the Ministries of Interior and Foreign Affairs.
– Including the natural landmarks and destinations of sites and buildings of historical or archaeological importance and the like.
– Forming a committee to look into violations of the system and its regulations, to impose penalties, and to publish the final gains from them at the expense of the violator.
A tourist is a natural person who stays for the purpose of tourism for a period of not less than one night outside his regular place of residence.
– Introducing specialized tourism activities, such as medical and sports tourism, and tourism for exhibitions and festivals.
– Establishing a comprehensive service center or electronic platform to provide the necessary services in the tourism sector, swimming and tourism activities service providers.
For the safety of tourists, every tourist facility that poses an imminent danger must be evacuated; It offers alternative lodging for all its guests.