Locals sit among the mountain tops in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern province of Aseer. The region is known for its misty skies, with the nearby Red Sea generating moist air that pushes into the Sarawat Mountain range, and includes 20 of the highest peaks in the kingdom.
Source: Aseer Development AuthoritySaudi Arabia’s New Tourism Play Trades Skyscrapers for Nature
A mountainous province the size of Austria is luring luxury hoteliers and intrepid travelers with its dramatic peaks and culture-packed valleys—a boon for the country’s ambitious tourism goals.
Tucked between misty mountains in the Saudi Arabian Highlands is a vertiginous village built between verdant, 10,000-foot peaks.
A century-old outpost of the local Tihama Asir tribes, its clay and stone buildings have bright shutters and white-trimmed windows. Nobody lives here anymore, but every day the tribesmen and women—identifiable by their floral crowns and traditional mountain garb—come to sell wares like local honey made by the clans of the ridgelines.