Big decision from Saudi Arabia: Foreign women and men will be able to stay at the hotel

Riyadh, Ta. October 5, 2019, Saturday

Saudi Arabia is considered a tight and conservative Muslim country. It's also very strict about the rules. Saudi Arabia has been changing its conservative rules for the past few years.

Saudi Arabia has made a big decision on foreign women and men. As such, foreign women and men will be able to stay in the Saudi Arabian hotel room. Until now, they had to prove their relationship to stay in the room.

Now men and women will be able to stay in the room without revealing the relationship between them. Saudi Arabia has created a new visa program to attract foreign tourists. This decision has also been taken to enhance the tourism industry.

In addition to this, Saudi Arabia has changed another rule. This has brought great relief to the women there as well. Now Saudi Arabian women have also been given permission to rent a room in a hotel.

Prior to this, local and foreign women were not allowed to live alone in the hostel. Due to this change, local women in Saudi will now be able to travel easily and stay with foreign tourists who are not married. It is worth mentioning that in Saudi Arabia, physical relations are prohibited before marriage.

The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage has confirmed this. The Commission said that all Saudi nationals would have to provide their ID card and family's ID card or relationship proof when checking in to the hotel, while the foreign rule would not apply to the tourists.

Now all Saudi women can also stay at the hotel, they will also have to give ID at check-in. Saudi Arabia opened its doors to tourists from 49 countries last week, as Saudi Arabia does not want its economy to be based solely on oil exports. So that now it is promoting the tourism industry.

In addition to this, Saudi Arabia has also announced that foreign tourists are not required to wear a veil. Wear only membership clothing. However, alcohol is still banned in Saudi Arabia. The administration aims to reach 100 million tourists to Saudi Arabia by 2030.

Until now, Saudi citizens were still punished for excessive meeting with foreigners. At the same time there are many social norms that are compulsory for the people there. People believe that all these changes are happening by the words of Mohammed bin Salman, who is the Prince there.

Changed rules in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has provided many exemptions in recent years by changing stringent social norms. In particular, all these rules are tied to women. In August last year, a ban on women's driving in Saudi Arabia was lifted. So in August this year, women are allowed to travel abroad alone. First, it was mandatory for a woman to take a Koki man as a guardian to go abroad. Now the women have also been granted permission to stay in the hotel alone.