Originally Posted by
davidjohnson6
The latest issue of Wizz's in flight magazine is pushing very hard to promote visiting Saudi Arabia as a tourist. Not just the Abu Dhabi subdidiary fleet... but also the UK, Hungary and Malta fleets. I'd be curious to visit Jeddah, Riyadh or some of the other places... but a tourist visa is expensive (albeit not that difficult to get) and a free 96 hour transit visa requires tickets in and out of Saudi with either Saudia or Flynas.
Wizz probably could be good for Saudi tourism... they are cheap enough that I'd take a punt on visiting Saudi if it included a free or very cheap visa... but not being able to sponsor free 96 hour transit visas makes this a non-starter for me and probably others who might be interested. Is being able to sponsor Saudi transit visas definitely politically impossible ? Does Wizz even need foreign tourists to fill their Saudi flights, or would this be just a bonus ?
I think the Visa is now 80USD, like Egypt can be done on arrival and valid for 90 days.
The Jordan Visa is about 40USD and that hasn't stopped that route from being a success.