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Saudi Arabia restricts Makkah entry from April 13; permit mandatory for residents and foreign nationalsSaudi Arabia has implemented new Hajj season regulations. Foreign nationals and residents without official permits are barred from entering...
Middle East’s Schengen-Style GCC tourist visa launch faces delay due to technical, security checksThe Gulf Cooperation Council's unified tourist visa, the GCC Grand Tours Visa, has been postponed to 2026 due to ongoing work on technical ...
What Kuwait’s new immigration reforms mean for residents, visitors and employersKuwait has significantly updated its immigration system. Residency permits are now valid for up to 15 years. Visitors can stay for three mo...
When the Middle East’s Schengen-Style GCC tourist visa will roll outThe Gulf Cooperation Council's unified tourist visa, initially slated for a 2025 launch, has been postponed to 2026. This Schengen-style vi...
How immigrants in Gulf countries can get Saudi Arabia's one-year multiple entry e-visaSaudi Arabia now offers a one-year multiple-entry e-visa for residents of Gulf Cooperation Council countries. This new visa simplifies trav...
Middle East's Schengen style GCC Visa vs e-visa: How much will travellers pay compared to current visa costs?Travel across the Gulf is set to become easier and cheaper. A new Unified GCC Visa will soon allow residents to visit six countries with a ...
Middle East's Schengen style GCC tourist visa set for launch this yearThe GCC countries are set to launch a pilot phase for a unified Schengen-style tourist visa in Q4 2025, enabling visitors to travel across ...
US set to lose $29 bn in tourism. What is pushing travellers away from The States?The U.S. is projected to be the only country to see a drop in international tourist spending in 2025, with losses estimated between $12.5 b...
What the Middle East’s Schengen-style GCC Unified Visa means for travellersThe Gulf countries will soon launch a unified tourist visa. This visa allows travellers to visit six Gulf nations. These nations are Saudi ...
Middle East's Schengen style GCC tourist visa approved, to be rolled out 'soon'The long-pending unified tourist visa for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has received official approval and is set for rollout so...
Budget 2025 full speech: Read FM Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget address hereBudget 2025 Download full speech: The 2025-26 Budget introduces measures to accelerate growth, ensure inclusive development, and boost priv...
Unified GCC visa: Middle East’s multi-nation travel permit to be rolled out this yearThe Saudi Tourism Authority has said the imminent introduction of the Unified GCC visa, permitting travellers to explore all six Gulf natio...
Gulf's version of the Schengen visa to be called 'GCC Grand Tours', open up access to six countriesThe GCC Grand Tours unified tourist visa aims to boost tourism by simplifying travel across Gulf countries, with an estimated 128.7 million...
Gulf countries announce plans for a Schengen-like unified tourist visaThis Schengen-like visa system, announced by the President of the current GCC session, Sayyed Hamoud bin Faisal Al Busaidi, during the 40th...
Maharashtra aims to become top medical tourism destination"Our objective is to provide infrastructure, hospitals and medical facilities in Pune, Nagpur and other centres across the state," she adde...
Unified visa for Gulf Cooperation Council countries by 2014"The plan to have a GCC tourism visa, similar to the Schengen visa in Europe, is about to be implemented after obstacles have been cleared.
Gulf Cooperation Council mulls unified visa for member nations by 2014The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council plans to launch a unified visa for tourists visiting the region by mid-2014 to simplify travel form...