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Saudi Arabia to require vaccination proof for foreign tourists

Saudi Arabia has imposed some particularly strict travel measures recently amid regional concerns about coronavirus variants.

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Saudi staff check mobile phones for vaccine certificates or a negative COVID-19 test at the entrance of a theater hosting the first concert in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic on June 3, 2021. Foreign tourists with COVID-19 vaccines and a negative coronavirus test will be able to visit Saudi Arabia beginning Aug. 1, 2021. — FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images

Saudi Arabia will welcome foreign tourists back next month, though they will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19. 

Foreign tourists can return to the Gulf state starting Sunday, but they will need to present proof of vaccination against the coronavirus as well as a negative PCR test. They will not need to quarantine upon arrival, the official Saudi Press Agency reported Friday. 

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