{"id":30068,"date":"2025-03-11T15:22:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=30068"},"modified":"2025-03-11T15:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:22:55","slug":"al-waha-duty-free-meet-saudi-arabias-first-national-duty-free-retailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/al-waha-duty-free-meet-saudi-arabias-first-national-duty-free-retailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Waha Duty-Free: Meet Saudi Arabia\u2019s First National Duty-Free Retailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Travelers passing through Saudi Arabia will soon have a new shopping experience! The Public Investment Fund (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pif.gov.sa\/\">PIF<\/a>) has launched <strong>Al Waha Duty-Free<\/strong>, the country\u2019s first locally owned duty-free retail operator. This move aims to expand travel shopping options while contributing to the national economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Al Waha Duty-Free will open stores in major airports<\/strong> and is also planning to <strong>extend its presence to land borders, seaports, and even inflight shopping<\/strong>. Passengers can expect a mix of high-end international brands and premium Saudi products, making their travel experience more convenient and exciting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30069\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_1854319414.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_1854319414.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_1854319414-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_1854319414-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_1854319414-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This launch is part of Saudi Arabia\u2019s larger vision to grow its travel and tourism sector. PIF is already <strong>investing heavily in projects like King Salman International Airport<\/strong> in Riyadh, which is set to become one of the world\u2019s busiest airports, welcoming up to 120 million passengers per year.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia is also expanding its presence in global air travel with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riyadhair.com\/\">Riyadh Air<\/a>, a new airline<\/strong> aiming to position Riyadh as a key international hub. On top of that, projects like the Red Sea Cruise Company are helping turn the country\u2019s coastline into a top tourist destination.<\/p>\n<p>With Al Waha Duty-Free and these other major developments, Saudi Arabia is set to offer travelers more shopping, tourism, and flight options than ever before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travelers passing through Saudi Arabia will soon have a new shopping experience! The Public Investment Fund (PIF) has launched Al Waha Duty-Free, the country\u2019s first locally owned duty-free retail operator. This move aims to expand travel shopping options while contributing to the national economy. Al Waha Duty-Free will open stores in major airports and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":30070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15507,"slug":"ksa","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/ksa\/","api_id":215,"title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia"}}],"cities":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}