As Saudi Arabia opens up to tourism, will OFWs bring their families to visit?

View from Riyadh's Kingdom Centre-Sky Bridge.

Philstar.com / Kristine Joy Patag

RIYADH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — Brand specialist Achilles Catbagan, a 44-year-old Filipino who has been working abroad for 13 years, has just brought his wife on a 35-day vacation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which has recently opened its borders to tourism.

As the kingdom gears up to open to more foreigners, Catbagan tells Philstar.com they look forward to bringing their two kids in Santa Rosa, Laguna to Riyadh to visit.

"We are okay with bringing our kids. Here, you just have to follow their laws and you will be okay. Of course, if you commit some mischief, you will be jailed," he said in Filipino at a chance interview at the King Abdulaziz International Airport last week.

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