The surge is part of a broader trend across the GCC, where the travel and hospitality sectors are witnessing robust growth, experts say Saudi Arabia is fast moving up the global travel and tourism chart, with international flight bookings to the Kingdom during the year-end-new year season recording an impressive 15 per cent jump. More importantly, the country is also emerging as a major transit hub, with regional travel bookings posting a whopping 38 per cent surge during this year’s peak season, industry players said. Beyond Saudi Arabia, the travel and hospitality sectors in the India-UAE corridor are also showing remarkable growth, with Dubai alone posting a whopping 75 per cent surge in travel bookings from India in the past year, as per the latest industry data. “As Saudi Arabia enters its peak travel season, the region is witnessing a significant surge in both domestic and international travel,” Rikant Pittie, CEO and Co-Founder of EaseMyTrip, a leading online travel and hospitality platform operating in the GCC and India, told Arabian Business. “The demand for domestic and international travel [to the Kingdom] is on the rise,” he said. Pittie said this uptick highlights the growing allure of Saudi Arabia as a travel destination and […]