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Popular Tourist Traps | Miscellaneous Tourist Traps Tips | All Tips (9) I tried to take taxi here four times when my husband was not be able to drives me along though ladies are not advisable to take a taxi here especially at night time unless you accompanied with your kids. My first 3 hired were okay and the last one was bad it was happened when me and my friend took a taxi from batha area the taxi driver is local we asked him first if he knew our place he said yes in arabic... then suddenly we noticed he took the wrong way so we asked him what happened but he answered us in Arabic which we didn’t understand he was keep taking around in a wrong directions to our place, we got mad and so he was, when he saw that I was making a call all of a sudden he took us to the right way. since then.. that was the last time i took a taxi.
so beware if you will take a taxi be sure the driver knows how to speak an english or either you know how to speak an arabic.
if you are a female dont take taxi alone or unless you trusted the driver and if you have a friends recommend you a taxi driver hired him as your service.
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There's hardly a tourist trap in Saudi Arabia. This is because there's hardly any tourist in there. Not that the country would not have anything to offer. Its Red Sea beaches, mild winter climate, red sand dunes and camel souqs would be a sure attraction for tourists of all sorts. The problem is that getting a tourist visa, though technically feasible, is a next-to-impossible achievement. In 2004 the number of tourists that the whole of Saudi Arabia received was in the order of a few thousand. Compare this to 5 million yearly visits to Rome and go figure. The good side of this is that you are extremely unlikely to be ripped off, or treated badly or unfairly, by anyone. So don't hesitate to jump on that taxi or dine on the 77th floor of that skyscraper, you're almost sure you'll get a fair treatment and pay a fair price. Leave a Comment
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Visas: There is no such thing as a tourist visa for Saudi Arabia. You can enter the country with a visitor's transit or (if you're Muslim) hajj or umrah visa. To get a visitor's visa you will have to be sponsored by a Saudi individual or company. Another option is a 24- or 48-hour transit visa - to get one you have to prove that you had no choice other than to stopover in Saudi Arabia en route to your final destination. You can now also visit the country as a non-Muslim if you join an approved (and expensive - 5000.00 plus) organised tour. Time Zone: GMT/UTC +3 Dialling Code: 966 Electricity: 127/220V ,60Hz Weights & measures: Metric Leave a Comment
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