When you think vacation, Saudi Arabia isn’t the first destination that comes to mind. But the 33-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wants to change that. He has proposed a series of grand projects that, he hopes, will transform the Kingdom into a tourist magnet. But the big question is can vacationers look past the Kingdom’s autocratic image? The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports from Saudi Arabia.
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