Saudi Arabia Scraps Tourism Funding In Vision 2030 Shake-Up
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Saudi Arabia is scaling back its large-scale tourism projects, including Neom and the Red Sea Destination, as part of a shift in its Vision 2030 strategy. The Kingdom is now focusing more on AI infrastructure and investments in AI companies.
Saudi Arabia has announced it is cutting back on large-scale tourism projects, including Neom and the Red Sea Destination. The decision comes as part of an update to the Kingdom's Public Investment Fund (PIF) 2026-2030 strategy. Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of the PIF, stated that priorities have been reshuffled, with a greater focus on AI infrastructure and investments in AI companies. The Vision 2030 program, launched in 2016, aimed to diversify the Saudi economy away from oil dependence. Neom, a $500bn development announced in 2017, was a core pillar of the program. The project's scope included several ambitious developments, but its timeline and scale are now being reevaluated.
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