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Flying taxis are expected to be used in Saudi Arabia's major tourist sites and developments in the next years as the kingdom presses forward with its modernisation plans. The flying taxi will enter the market by 2026, and will be used in major protects such as the futuristic city of NEOM and the historic tourist site AlUla, Saudia Airlines announced on Monday.
NEOM has awarded a contract worth 20 billion riyals ($5 billion) to Italian firm WeBuild, to construct multiple dams at its TROJENA mountain resort. According to a report from MEED, the project will create an artificial lake at the centre of the development, with the main dam to be constructed at a height of 145 metres and 475 metres long at its crest.
Kalbod Design Studio, an Iran-based architecture studio, has released its concept for the NEOM Airport City in Saudi Arabia, an airport that would serve the planned urban area of NEOM. While the area already has an airport, NEOM Bay Airport (NUM), the country plans to build another, NEOM International Airport (NIA), with Dallas, Texas, the United States (US)-based infrastructure consulting firm winning the contract to manage the project of NIA in March 2023.
The 10 regions that will make up the NEOM mega project in the northwest of Saudi Arabia have now been announced, including an "upside-down skyscraper" and mirrored linear city THE LINE. Here we look at all 10. Originally clouded in mystery, details of the planned NEOM mega-development in northwest Saudi Arabia are now becoming clearer following a series of announcements over the past year.
Font Size From sea turtles to sooty falcons, dugongs to dolphins, Saudi Arabia’s NEOM is working to unlock the secrets of its unique underwater world and swell the population of rare species and sea life at the futuristic $500 billion mega business and tourism project.
Officials behind the northwest Saudi megacity NEOM development have unveiled Aquellum, a luxury and experiential mountain visitor complex. The project, announced on Wednesday by its board of directors, is the latest addition to the multibillion-dollar ongoing regional development scheme.
NEOM has announced the Norlana town, its ninth region, on the Gulf of Aqaba, in the northwest of the country. Designed by 10 Design, the coastal town will be a part of a cluster of four other tourist developments planned to be built on the Gulf (Utah, Leyja, Epicon, and Siranna) and will host 3,000, with 700 apartments and two hotels.
Micropolis, a Dubai-based manufacturer that specialises in developing autonomous mobile robots, plans to build a new production plant and triple its workforce with the funding it raises from an upcoming New York initial public offering. Once fully operational in Dubai Production City, the factory will build an average of one robot a day to meet a growing demand from customers including NEOM.
The Saudi Ministry of Energy and NEOM company signed on Sunday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on enhancing cooperation in the energy fields, the Saudi state news agency reported.
There appears to be no stopping Saudi Arabian ambition to dominate tourism, investment and sporting tournaments between now and its well-publicized Vision2030 national overhaul. More than $1 trillion of investment is estimated to have been spent on tourism and hospitality offerings and associated infrastructure. Soft power through sports is another Saudi route of investment as it seeks to move a little farther away from a dependence on oil.
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