Saudi Arabia has revealed the primary seven markets eligible for its new built-in travel-and-visa bundle, permitting travellers from Egypt, Jordan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Mexico to acquire an digital vacationer visa as a part of a bundled journey reserving.
Almosafer and Reserval are the primary authorised journey suppliers to supply the built-in bundle, with the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) planning to develop the programme to extra suppliers and markets in future phases.
The programme permits eligible guests to guide return flights, lodging at MoT-licensed inns and an digital vacationer visa by way of a single transaction, eradicating the necessity to submit a separate visa software or go to a Saudi embassy. Digital visas are issued inside 48 hours of finishing the reserving, with travellers receiving their visa, journey insurance coverage and journey paperwork by e mail.
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The visa is legitimate for 3 months, permits a single entry and permits stays of between two and 88 days. Whereas the bundle doesn’t embody Umrah providers or lodging in Makkah (Mecca) and Madinah (Medina), visa holders are free to journey all through Saudi, together with each holy cities, after arrival.
Costs begin from SAR4,000 (US$1,067) per grownup for the primary two days, with SAR1,000 (US$267) charged for every extra day. The visa price is SAR402.21 (US$107), together with journey insurance coverage. Travellers may add elective experiences and occasion tickets to their bookings.
The newest rollout types a part of Saudi’s wider efforts to simplify journey to the dominion, following the introduction of an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) for UK residents in addition to the current digital Umrah booking platform developed with Wego. The initiatives assist the dominion’s ambition to draw 150 million guests yearly by 2030. The MoT reported a report 123 million home and worldwide guests in 2025, producing SAR304 billion (US$81.1 billion) in tourism spending.
For extra info, go to www.mofa.gov.sa
