Dubai: Saudi Arabia is betting on a new private island in the Red Sea, an expanded Aroya Cruises fleet, and building ten operational ports to reach its goal of attracting 1.3 million cruise passengers by 2035.
According to its CEO, Lars Clasen, Cruise Saudi – a business fully owned by the Public Investment Fund – is focusing on destination experiences and developing its own cruise liner to achieve these goals. “We have two business units – destination experiences and cruise liners,” said Clasen.
On the destination experiences front, Cruise Saudi unveiled a private island on the Red Sea earlier this month. The private island being developed for all Saudi-bound cruise passengers in partnership…