Al-Marsad newspaper: The writer Muhammad Al-Saiari, through an article on the “Sabq” website, suggested imposing fees on foreign tourism.
Imposing fees on foreign tourism!
He said in his article under the title “The Benefits of Imposing Fees on Foreign Tourism..!!” , Many Saudi citizens are anticipating this school year’s vacation with great eagerness, and an eagerness that cannot wait even for a moment. Not for a persuasive reason, but because in the imagination of some of them there are many travel destinations, including Europe, America and the continent of Asia, as well as Africa for hunting in the bush.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars and euros
He added that many Saudi and Gulf tourists in general are competing in imaginary challenges; To spend on their foreign trips hundreds of thousands of dollars and euros, as well as the Russian ruble, and if he needed to treat a “wisdom tooth” in a private dental hospital, he said, “Who cares for me, neither above me nor under me”, while he does not skimp on himself by paying the full value of the trip to book ten days And more for Procida Island in Italy, the Ruhr Valley in Germany, the gardens of Ecuador, and others from Sohag to China..!!
Travel ban or technology
He continued, “I personally suggest that travel abroad be legalized, especially in very distant countries without the need for treatment, study or work, or at least preventing it for a certain period at least for at least two years following the outbreak of diseases in some countries of the year, unless there are convincing fundamental reasons.” For travel, or at least set a fee for it as long as it has the ability to pay externally.
for the state budget
He concluded: These fees belong to the budget of the Ministry of Internal Tourism to work on developing them, and investing in archaeological and historical sites, and sites that need more work. To be more attractive to tourists in the future in the summer and rainy seasons..!!