ʻAe ʻia nā wahine 25 a ʻoi paha mau makahiki e huakaʻi i Saudi Arabia me ka ʻole o kahi chaperone, ua hoʻolaha ʻia e ke komisina mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina. ʻO ia ka hoʻoponopono hou loa i ka hoʻoluʻu ʻana o nā kapu i ke aupuni ʻoi loa-conservative Gulf.

ʻOiai lākou e hoʻokō i ka koi o ka makahiki, hiki i nā wahine i kēia manawa ke kiʻi i kahi visa huakaʻi e kipa aku i ka ʻāina e lākou iho, haʻi aku ke kākā'ōlelo Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) Omar al-Mubarak i ka Saudi News Arab News. ʻO ka neʻe kahi ʻāpana o ka hoʻoholo ākea a ka ʻāina e ʻae ai i nā wisa huakaʻi no nā kāne a me nā wahine ma hope o ka holo ʻana i ka wā hoʻokolokolo mai 2008 a 2010.

"He visa komo hoʻokahi ka visa huakaʻi, a kūpono no 30 mau lā keu. Hoʻohui ʻia kēia visa i nā mea i loaʻa i kēia manawa i ke Aupuni. Kūʻokoʻa ia i ka hana, kipa, Hajj a me Umrah visa, "wahi a Mubarak.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ke keʻena IT o ke komisina ke kūkulu nei i kahi ʻōnaehana uila no ka hoʻopuka ʻia ʻana o nā wisa huakaʻi, hui pū me nā ʻelele o ka National Information Center a me ka Ministry Foreign.

Ua ʻike ʻo Saudi Arabia i ka komo ʻana o 32,000 mau kānaka i kona wā hoʻokolokolo o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā wisa huakaʻi. Ua kōkua ʻia kēlā mau visa e nā mea lawelawe mākaʻikaʻi like ʻole i laikini ʻia e ka SCTH.

ʻAʻole i manaʻo ʻia ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka SCTH, ʻoiai ʻo Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, ke poʻo o ko Saudi Arabia mana hoʻokipa huakaʻi, i ʻōlelo ʻia i Nowemapa, "e hoʻokomo koke ʻia nā visa mākaʻikaʻi."
Manaʻo ʻo Riyadh e hoʻoulu i ke kiʻi o ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he wahi huakaʻi, me ke Aliʻi Wahine Aliʻi Mohammed bin Salman e hoʻolaha nei i ʻAukake i kahi papahana e hoʻolilo i nā mokupuni he 50 a me kahi mau pūnaewele ma ke Kaiʻula i mau wahi hoʻokipa maikaʻi.

Ua hele mai ka hoʻoholo visa ma lalo o ʻehā mau mahina ma hope o ka hoʻopuka ʻana o ka Mōʻī Salman i kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo e ʻae ʻia nā wahine e kalaiwa. E hoʻokumu ʻia ke kulekele hou i ka lā 24 o Iune, 2018, e hoʻopau kūleʻa ana i ka pāpā kalaiwa wahine wale ʻana o ka honua.

Ke hoʻomāmā nei hoʻi ka ʻāina i nā kapu ma nā wahine ma nā ʻano ʻē aʻe. I Kepakemapa, ʻae ʻia nā wahine i ka King Fahd International Stadium ma Riyadh no ka manawa mua e ʻike i ka hoʻolauleʻa 87th makahiki o ka hoʻokumu o ka ʻāina.

I ʻOkakopa, ua kauoha ʻia nā kahua pāʻani ma waena o ka ʻāina e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻomākaukau no ka ʻae ʻia ʻana o nā wahine i loko mai ka hoʻomaka o ka makahiki 2018. ʻO ka hopena, ʻae ʻia nā wahine i ke Keʻena Aliʻi Prince al al-Faisal ma Jeddah i ka Pōʻalima e kiaʻi i ka pāʻani Pôpeku ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no ka manawa mua loa. ʻO Cinemas, i pāpā ʻia ma ka ʻāina ultra-conservative no 35 mau makahiki, e wehe ʻia nō hoʻi i Malaki. Hoʻolālā ka ʻāina e loaʻa nā pale kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻoi aku ma mua o 2,000 e hana ʻia e 2030.

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As long as they meet the age requirement, women will now be able to receive a tourist visa to visit the country by themselves, Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) spokesman Omar al-Mubarak told the Saudi daily Arab News.
Riyadh seems intent on boosting the country's image as a tourist destination, with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announcing in August a project to turn 50 islands and a string of sites on the Red Sea into luxury resorts.
The move is part of the country's wider decision to officially allow tourist visas for both men and women after running a trial period from 2008 to 2010.