Economics
U.K., Chinese Visitors Top List as 50,000 Have a Saudi Holiday
- Kingdom opened first tourist visa applications in September
- Tourism chief doesn’t see alcohol ban being changed in push
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Saudi Arabia’s embryonic efforts to turn the kingdom into a magnet for holidaymakers attracted 50,000 visitors since the September launch, and almost three times that number applied for tourist visas officials hope will diversify an oil-dependent economy.