Jeddah-Amlak
Occupancy rates during the summer vacation in the Haram hotels increased by 30 percent compared to previous months, which witnessed a stagnation in the occupancy of hotels surrounding the Haram. Investors said during their conversation that the prices of hotel rooms in the Haram, according to the degree of hotel classification, we were obliged by the Tourism and Antiquities Authority in Makkah to announce specific price lists and set an upper limit on prices.
The Executive Director of the General Authority for Tourism and Antiquities in Makkah, Mohammed Al-Omari, explained that the Gulf tourists during the current period raise the occupancy rates in the Makkah Haram hotels in high percentages due to the presence of the summer vacation and the entry of the Umrah season, as the Authority's branch prepared from early to receive the summer season every year with field teams on duty during this period to ensure the services available in hotels, whether in Jeddah, Mecca and Taif, and branch managers are following up the tasks assigned to them to serve the visitors of the Makkah region.


The General Authority for Tourism and Antiquities has set a higher ceiling for room rentals in five-star hotels, as there are permanent follow-up committees for the prices set by the Authority.
A recent report issued by the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) confirmed that the number of citizens who moved between GCC countries increased to about 13 million citizens in 2011, registering a growth rate of 189 percent, compared to 4.5 million in 1995. The report showed that Bahrain received 3.8 million visitors from GCC countries in 2011, a growth rate of 124 percent compared to 1995, Saudi Arabia received 4.4 million visitors in the same year, a growth rate of 110 percent, Kuwait received 2.3 million visitors, a growth rate of 360 percent, and Oman received about 598,000 visitors from GCC countries.
The report pointed out that GCC citizens enjoy equal treatment in terms of residency and movement between member states with a smart card and that the movement reflects in part the consolidation of the new economic reality represented by the Cooperation Council.

The report pointed out that the number of visitors in Kuwait reached 2.3 million, a growth rate of 360 percent, in 2011.