This year’s Jeddah tourism festival bagged a total revenue of SR3 billion, according to Saleh Al-Turki, chairman of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. About 135 private companies took part in the 45-day event, and hotels and furnished apartments in the city enjoyed 100 percent occupancy during the festival. Arab News says the city needs another 12,000 rooms to meet demand.
Elsewhere in the city, café workers claim they having to pay off a succession of municipality inspectors to stay in business. “If I don’t pay them off, the shop is closed and I end up paying a massive fine — much more than the actual bribe itself,” says one. Arab News has a lovely story featuring a shrimp sandwich and a yellowish cockroach.
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