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Maldives of the Middle East: Saudi Arabia's Red Sea project takes shape

Maldives of the Middle East: Saudi Arabia's Red Sea project takes shape

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Saudi Arabia is developing a luxury Red Sea destination of untouched islands, coral reefs, desert and mountains to entice the world’s most exclusive travellers.

Euronews – On the kingdom’s western coastline, one of the world’s most ambitious tourism developments is taking shape: The Red Sea, a vast ultra-luxury project that aims to become a new international benchmark.

Covering 28,000 square kilometres, the destination encompasses an archipelago of more than 90 untouched islands. However, development will only be permitted on 22 of them in order to preserve the natural ecosystem and reinforce the exclusive nature of the project.

With 1,800 kilometres of untouched coastline, almost pristine reefs and some of the planet’s most important marine ecosystems, Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast is looking to attract travellers who have already visited the classic exclusive hotspots and are searching for something different.

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