Nusuk, Saudi’s first-ever official built-in digital platform, gives all pilgrims and guests an easy-to-use planning gateway for his or her journeys to Makkah and Madinah, and past.
At this time, the Saudi Tourism Authority (STA) hosted a profitable roadshow in Malaysia. 22 companions, together with DMCs, hoteliers, Umrah firms, and journey associations, attended the launch of Nusuk.
This new Umrah-integrated digital platform welcomes pilgrims globally to expertise Umrah.
The Minister of Hajj and Umrah, His Excellency Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, stated, “As we open our doorways to welcome again the biggest group of pilgrims from all over the world to Saudi post-pandemic.
We look ahead to offering an enriching and seamless reserving expertise, with expanded journey choices that can take them on a non secular journey throughout completely different Islamic sights and choices between Makkah and Madinah to expertise this life-changing second and to find Saudi’s wealthy cultural and heritage choices.
Fahd Hamidaddin, CEO and Member of the Board at Saudi Tourism Authority and Managing Director of Nusuk stated, We’re dedicated to creating Saudi extra accessible to all guests.
For pilgrims, we now have launched the digital platform Nusuk designed for pilgrims and guests to plan their non secular journey seamlessly. Pilgrims from Malaysia can apply for an e-visa on the Nusuk platform and might e-book particular packages to Makkah, Madinah, and past.
We’re additionally working with our companions to encourage pilgrims to discover our lovely nation and expertise its many sides by our Umrah+ packages.
Saudi welcomes the world to the fastest-growing new vacation spot and the final unexplored leisure tourism frontier.
This presents incomparable new enterprise alternatives for companions seeking to supply experiences in Saudi that can seize vacationers’ hearts, minds, and imaginations.”
Alhasan Aldabbagh, Nusuk President-APAC, stated, “We’re on a journey of steady innovation, and right this moment’s launch of the Nusuk platform in Bahasa Melayu is a showcase of our agility to answer market wants. We look ahead to welcoming extra vacationers from Malaysia than ever earlier than. Nusuk will make it simpler and extra accessible for pilgrims to plan and e-book their journey, encouraging them to find Saudi past their non secular journeys.”
Malaysia is already a key tourism supply marketplace for Saudi that’s deepening relations with companions and is dedicated to investing and dealing intently with native gamers to make sure experiences are related and interesting to the Malaysian market. Final yr, Saudi welcomed 312,000 Malaysian guests, and this yr the intention is to double customer numbers.
To ship on its bold targets, Saudi Tourism Authority introduced two key initiatives on the Malaysian roadshow: enhanced Umrah+ packages and the Stopover Visa.
The improved Umrah+ packages are designed to allow vacationers to find Saudi as a terrific vacation vacation spot with wealthy cultural and historic choices, pristine nature, and numerous landscapes. Saudi is residence to six UNESCO World Heritage websites and over 10,000 archaeological websites which are ready to be explored, together with Al Balad in Jeddah and Turaif in Diriyah – the birthplace of Saudi along with the mountains of Aseer and little cities providing heritage and cultural experiences – permitting guests to expertise the true residence of Arabia.
The just lately introduced Stopover Visa is open to all leisure, enterprise, and non secular vacationers flying on SAUDIA and flynas. Vacationers can expertise a stopover in Saudi for as much as 96 hours and revel in a complimentary one-night lodge stick with Saudia. This makes Saudi an ideal vacation spot for Malaysians touring to Europe, the UK, and the US.
Saudi has invested in giga-projects corresponding to Qiddiya, Neom, and the just lately introduced new Murabba in Riyadh known as ‘The Mukaab’, which would be the world’s largest trendy downtown.
Nusuk
With Nusuk, vacationers worldwide can simply manage their total go to, from making use of for an e-visa to reserving accommodations and flights. At a later stage, Nusuk can even be used to schedule visits to vital websites, discover transportation, and curate itineraries and interactive maps.
Saudi Tourism Authority
Saudi Tourism Authority (STA), launched in June 2020, is accountable for advertising and marketing Saudi’s tourism locations worldwide and creating the vacation spot’s providing by packages, packages and enterprise help. Its mandate contains creating the nation’s distinctive belongings and locations, internet hosting and collaborating in trade occasions, and selling Saudi’s vacation spot model domestically and abroad. STA operates 16 consultant places of work all over the world, serving 38 international locations.
