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Old May 18th, 2006, 07:05 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
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Default Saudi Arabia opens its doors to tourists

Saudia Arabia's problem (well ok, one of its *bigger* problems!) is
that the two cities that might be most interesting to tourists--Mecca
and Medina--are and will presumably always be permanently closed to
them. There might be a few natural sites that would be interesting,
but Red Sea scuba diving and snorkeling are fairly easy off the coasts
of Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan, so the attraction there seems pretty dim.

About the only reason I could see someone going there would be to
"collect" it. Lots of more interesting--and more
welcoming/tolerant--countries to visit IMHO.

Greg M.