Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia.
[1] It is the second-most visited city in the country, after Mecca.
Before the introduction of tourist visas in 2019, the city received around 5 million tourists each year, making it the forty-ninth most visited city in the world and the 6th in the Middle East.
[2] The numbers almost doubled in 2021, with 10.44 million tourists visiting Riyadh in 2021.
[3] The Kingdom Centre and Al Faisaliah Tower are among the world's most recognizable symbols of Riyadh.