Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Development Company (RSDC) is planning to build 17 hotels on four islands on its Western flank on the Red Sea as part of a major island development scheme launched five years ago. 

Mohammed Al-Rihawi, facilities manager at RSDC, outlined Red Sea projects at a seminar held in Riyadh on Tuesday to highlight key projects in the Gulf Kingdom, according to the Saudi Arabic language daily Aleqtisadia. 

It quoted Rihawi as saying the Red Sea development scheme is divided into 4 phases that will be completed at the end of “Vision 2030” which aims to diversify the Kingdom’s economy away from volatile oil exports. 

Phase one comprises the construction of three man-made islands and a village housing RSDC’s employees and workers, he said. 

“This phase also includes the construction of 17 hotels on 4 man-made islands and it is scheduled to be completed at the end of 2023,” Rihawi added.

(Writing by Nadim Kawach; Editing by Anoop Menon)

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