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| Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea |
TIME Magazine listed Saudi’s pristine natural environment, and in The Red Sea Global, the creation of an entirely new destination from scratch within a swath of natural and largely untouched– scenery.
The Red Sea Global The first phase of The Red Sea Global development will be completed in 2023.
By 2030 it will be home to 50 hotels, 8,000 rooms, 1,000 residential properties and its own international airport.
It will be surrounded by the fourth-largest barrier reef system globally and have more than 90 remote islands, pristine beaches, dormant volcanos, sweeping desert dunes, mountain canyons and historical cultural sites.
Saudi’s Red Sea development will run on renewable energy and includes an initiative to make the destination the world’s largest certified Dark Sky Reserve.
It is being built to ensure buildings do not impact the appearance of darkness and wildlife. Three hotels to open this year will be the:
- 76-room inland Six Senses Southern Dunes resort
- 90-room St. Regis Red Sea Resort, and
- 82-room Nujuma, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve.
Saudi’s Red Sea is one of the world’s least known diving spots with marine life including rare fish, turtles and dolphins. Known for its coral reefs, ideal water temperatures, tropical islands and underwater kingdom, TIME Magazine suggests thrill seekers ‘dive the wreck of a 300-year-old wooden ship’.
On land there is the chance to hike through granite hills, mountain bike across volcanic lava fields, and track thousands of migratory birds flying over the islands between Asia, Europe and Africa.
The Red Sea International Airport opens to domestic flights in 2023 and international in 2024.
*Source: Hannah Baird at hjcb@consulum.com
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