Eye on Travel

Eye on Travel — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — December 7, 2019

Photo Credit: Alessandra Taryn Bea. In this photo, Peter Greenberg is with Jerry Inzerillo, CEO of the Diriyah Gate Development Authority

This week’s Eye on Travel broadcasts from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We’ll have another update on not just the Boeing 737 Max but the upcoming Congressional hearings about the overall relationship between the FAA and the airlines and manufacturers they are supposed to regulate. Arnie Weissmann, Editor-in-Chief of Travel Weekly, joins us in Saudi Arabia to discuss the opening of the Kingdom — and the restored UNESCO World Heritage site of Diriyah Gate. He argues that there’s no travel destination with a story as unique as well as the special circumstances that brought very few visitors here before — with many more coming now. And all of this happening in the shadow of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi a little more than a year ago. Jerry Inzerillo, CEO of the Diriyah Gate Development Authority, discusses the spike in global tourism and human connectivity – and where it meets hospitality. Raha Moharrak, the first Saudi woman to summit Everest, speaks about the immense change women in Saudi Arabia have experienced and how she — and the rest of the country– is adjusting. And Her Royal Highness Princess Adhwa also stops by to discuss the radical progression of female rights. There’s all this and more as Eye on Travel broadcasts from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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