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Image attribution: Abdulrahman1388 — Wikimedia Commons, File:سباق الهجن بمهرجان الملك عبدالعزيز للإبل.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped to 1920×672 for the article cover / عبدالرحمن1388 — ويكيميديا كومنز، ملف «سباق الهجن بمهرجان الملك عبدالعزيز للإبل.jpg»، رخصة CC BY-SA 4.0، عُدّلت الصورة بقصّ إلى 1920×672 لتناسب غلاف المقالة · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
1438هـ/2017م–2026م

King Abdulaziz Camel Festival

King Abdulaziz Camel Festival is a Saudi event held in the southern As-Sayahid of the Ad-Dahna desert, north-east of Riyadh, devoted to the heritage of camels, their beauty contests, their races and the accompanying activities. The King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives (Darah) has organised and supervised it from 1438 AH/2017.

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1440هـ/2019م–1443هـ/2022م

Taif Season

Taif Season is a tourism and entertainment event held in Taif city under the name “the Summer Resort of the Arabs”, whose first edition launched on 29 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1440 AH, corresponding to 1 August 2019, within the Saudi Seasons 2019 initiative. It is concerned with presenting Taif as a destination for summer resorts, heritage and cultural activities and the Taif rose.

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Image attribution: Credit: Hamza A. Durrani, "Al Faisaliah Tower in Riyadh, November 2023", own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_Faisaliah_Tower_Riyadh,_2023.jpeg . Image placed complete, uncropped and unscaled, on a blurred cream canvas to fit the article cover (1920×672). / المرجع: Hamza A. Durrani، «Al Faisaliah Tower in Riyadh, November 2023»، عمل شخصي، رخصة CC BY-SA 4.0، عبر ويكيميديا كومنز — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_Faisaliah_Tower_Riyadh,_2023.jpeg . وُضعت الصورة كاملةً بلا قص ولا تكبير على خلفية كريمية مموّهة لتناسب غلاف المقالة (1920×672). · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Cultural destination

Al Faisaliah Tower

Al Faisaliah Tower is a tourism landmark and a multi-use centre in the centre of the city of Riyadh in the Al Olaya district, and the first skyscraper in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It houses markets, restaurants, cafés, a hotel and an amusement park, with a panoramic view over the capital.

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Image attribution: NEOM Media Center — via Saudipedia (Saudi encyclopedia), from the "مشروع تروجينا" page; Copyright Ministry of Media 2026. Image modified: shown in full, no crop and no upscaling, on a cream canvas at 1920×672. / المركز الإعلامي لنيوم (NEOM) — عبر سعوديبيديا (موسوعة السعودية)، من صفحة «مشروع تروجينا»؛ حقوق النشر محفوظة لوزارة الإعلام 2026. عُدّلت الصورة: عُرضت كاملة بلا قص ولا تكبير على خلفية كريمية بمقاس 1920×672. · License: حقوق النشر محفوظة — وزارة الإعلام (السعودية) عبر سعوديبيديا
2022م–

Trojena

Trojena is a global mountain tourism destination in NEOM, north-west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announced on 30 Rajab 1443 AH, corresponding to 3 March 2022. It contains some of the highest mountain peaks in the Kingdom, rising to about 2,600 metres above sea level, and won the right to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games as the first city in western Asia.

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Image attribution: Photo: Omarnizar05 — CC0 1.0 (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons, file "Jeddah Tower in its 100th floor on 4th of May, 2026 (cropped).jpg"; placed uncropped and unscaled on a cream background to fit the article cover / المصوّر: Omarnizar05 — رخصة CC0 1.0 (ملكية عامة)، عبر ويكيميديا كومنز، ملف «Jeddah Tower in its 100th floor on 4th of May, 2026 (cropped).jpg»؛ وُضعت كاملة دون قص ولا تكبير على خلفية كريمية لتناسب غلاف المقالة · License: CC0 1.0
1428هـ/2007م – 1446هـ/2025م

Jeddah Tower

Jeddah Tower is a skyscraper under construction in the city of Jeddah, standing more than 1,000 metres high and set to be the tallest building in the world on completion. It comprises luxury residential units, commercial spaces, a Four Seasons hotel and an observation deck overlooking the city and the Red Sea.

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Image attribution: Maraya Concert Hall, AlUla — photo by Z thomas, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; modified (scaled and cropped) to 1920×672 / قاعة مرايا (Maraya Concert Hall) في العلا — تصوير Z thomas، رخصة CC BY 4.0، عبر ويكيميديا كومنز؛ عُدّلت (تصغير وقصّ) إلى 1920×672 · License: CC BY 4.0
2019م–

Maraya

Maraya Concert Hall is a building and theatre in Wadi Ashar in AlUla Governorate, north-west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, recorded by Guinness World Records as the largest mirrored building in the world. Its facade is clad in 9,740 square metres of mirrors, and its indoor theatre seats more than 500.

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Image attribution: Source: Wikimedia Commons — File:Souk Red Sea Film Festival 20251208 (11).jpg by Zafer, own work, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) / المصدر: ويكيميديا كومنز — ملف «Souk Red Sea Film Festival 20251208 (11).jpg» للمصوّر Zafer، عمل خاص، رخصة المشاع الإبداعي نَسب المُصنَّف – الترخيص بالمثل 4.0 الدولية (CC BY-SA 4.0) · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
2019م–

Red Sea International Film Festival

The Red Sea International Film Festival is an international film festival held annually in the historic district of Jeddah on the Red Sea coast of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Its establishment was announced in 2019, and its editions are held in December each year.

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Image attribution: Photo: "جبل القارةW5311" by Yafa.naif (own work), licence CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to 1920×672 without enlargement / الصورة: «جبل القارةW5311» للمصوّرة Yafa.naif (عمل صاحبها)، رخصة CC BY-SA 4.0، عبر ويكيميديا كومنز؛ قُصَّت إلى 1920×672 دون تكبير · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Cultural destination

Al-Qarah Mountain

Al-Qarah Mountain is a natural and historical landmark in Al-Ahsa in the Eastern Province, known for its caves and rock passages that formed over centuries. Al-Ahsa contains an oasis inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2018, and the mountain may be visited daily from eight in the morning until eleven in the evening.

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Image attribution: Half Moon Bay (Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia) — photograph from the Saudi site 'Saudi Gates' (saudigates.net), source file: https://cdn.saudigates.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/شاطئ-نصف-القمر-في-الدمام.webp (960×540, 79402 bytes, sha256=aae301dcbaa965933f4923ba0383292bde2f64e9141c425089da25d6d20aa8f0); it is the lead image of the site's article dedicated to the subject, titled 'أفضل 10 أنشطة في شاطئ نصف القمر الدمام' (verified live on 2026-11-08). Author: not declared on the page. Licence: not explicitly stated at the source — used under the user's instruction that an open licence is not required. Modification: the whole photograph placed at its original size (960×540) in the centre of a 1920×672 canvas with a cream background #f4efe5 carrying a blurred copy of the same photograph — no crop, no enlargement. / شاطئ نصف القمر (المنطقة الشرقية، السعودية) — صورة فوتوغرافية من موقع «سعودي غيتس» (saudigates.net)، ملف المصدر: https://cdn.saudigates.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/شاطئ-نصف-القمر-في-الدمام.webp (960×540، 79402 بايت، sha256=aae301dcbaa965933f4923ba0383292bde2f64e9141c425089da25d6d20aa8f0)، وهي الصورة الأولى لمقالة الموقع المخصّصة للموضوع بعنوان «أفضل 10 أنشطة في شاطئ نصف القمر الدمام» (تأكّد حيّاً في 2026-11-08). المؤلف: غير معلَن على الصفحة. الرخصة: غير محدّدة صراحةً على المصدر — واستُخدمت بموجب أمر المستخدم بأنه لا يُشترط ترخيص مفتوح. التعديل: وُضعت الصورة كاملة بحجمها الأصلي (960×540) في وسط لوحة 1920×672 بخلفية كريميّة #f4efe5 تحمل نسخة مموّهة من الصورة نفسها، بلا قصّ وبلا تكبير. · License: غير محدّدة صراحةً على المصدر (saudigates.net) — استُخدمت بموجب أمر المستخدم بأنه لا يُشترط ترخيص مفتوح
1419هـ–

Half Moon Bay

Half Moon Bay is a tourist beach in the city of Dhahran in the Eastern Province, on the coast of the Arabian Gulf. Long known as Half Moon, it takes its present name from the crescent curve of its geography. It extends for 18 kilometres across five entrances, and has seen successive phases of development, rehabilitation, events and investment projects.

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