This will enable and encourage practitioners and investors in the coastal tourism sector
Cruise Saudi, a company owned by the Public Investment Fund and situated at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, has received the first licence as a maritime tourism agent for cruise ships from the Saudi Red Sea Authority (c).
According to a press statement by SRSA, the maritime tourism agent license was handed by the Vice President of Coastal Tourism Operations at SRSA, Mohammed Bukhari, to the Chief Destination Experiences Officer at Cruise Saudi, Barbara Buczek, at the Cruise Saudi headquarters in Jeddah.
The statement adds that this step marks a significant milestone in the development of a promising coastal tourism sector and it falls under SRSA’s enablement roles.
It says that licensing and permitting will help in regulating coastal tourism activities within the geographical scope. This will enable and encourage practitioners and investors in the coastal tourism sector.
Whereas the maritime tourism agent’s role includes providing services for marine watercrafts, such as yachts and cruise ships, to practice safe and sustainable marine navigational tourism activities, SRSA says it will ensure that the licensed maritime tourism agents facilitate marine watercrafts movements within the Kingdom’s waters and their adherence to best sustainable standards and practices.
