They already have the material to write the book through their travel addictions.

If the Jews believe that they are God’s chosen people, I think we are also undoubtedly God’s chosen traveling people.

We “proudly” spend more than SR50 billion annually traveling abroad. I think inside every one of us is a Sinbad who lives for travel and tourism. For all our love for travel and tourism, we are still not attracted to domestic tourism. Even the most conservative Saudis prefer to travel abroad.

It is not only liberal families who prefer to go abroad, but conservatives also pack and head to Malaysia, Gulf countries and others.

The chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities Prince Sultan bin Salman is very well aware of this fact. He reportedly said: “Saudis will continue to go abroad unless the state of domestic tourism changes.”

Tourism is not a project that can be built and then set in stone. It carries a number of social and cultural implications. The Saudis will not stay in the country if restrictions on entertainment are not lifted. When the entire country does not have the basics for tourism, it is natural for its people to go abroad.

A man complained to me that he took his family to an amusement park but his 16-year-old son was not allowed to enter with them.

Such kinds of restrictions make Saudis take the easy road to other countries where they can have peace of mind and do whatever they want to do without anyone telling them what is permissible and what is not. (www.turkid.net)