The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is set to witness a surge in creation of hotels. This boom will be anchored by a massive increase in religious tourism. The pilgrimage sites in Mecca and Medina are set to open new hotels, five star as well as budget ones. The Abu Dhabi based Rotana group has already outlined plans to develop six five star properties. According to a study by tophotelprojects.com there is a huge gap between demand and supply of hotel rooms and beds in Saudi Arabia. In addition, this surge is also expected to create an additional three hundred and seventy thousand tourism jobs in the country. Due to the policy of Saudisation, it is expected that Saudi nationals will form a third of the workforce in the tourism industry as a whole.

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