-Saudi Arabia To Attract 15.8 Million Tourists By 2014

The number of tourists heading to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is expected to reach 15.8 million by 2014, up from around 13 million in 2010, according to a report of international industry consultant Business Monitor International (BMI). The Kingdom's hospitality sector will grow in tandem, with some 381,000 new hotel rooms expected by 2015, representing 63 percent of additional room stock against 2010 inventories, driven by business, religious and domestic tourists, said BMI's report quoted by the Jeddah-based Saudi Gazette.