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Date of Acceptance

December 2025

Date of Submission

December 2024

Abstract

Riyadh is the focus of attention of many local and expatriate tourists, and is witnessing a qualitative shift and rapid development in preparation for hosting Expo Riyadh 2030 and the FIFA World Cup 2034. This research sheds light on an important topic, which is the need to provide sufficient inventory in the hospitality sector to meet the expected needs for these two years. The research followed the methodology of studying and analysing data and statistics collected from the annual reports of the Ministry of Tourism and the General Authority for Statistics (Second data resource); to try to predict the reality and future of the hospitality sector in Riyadh. The research also followed an analysis of the readiness of the hospitality sector in Dubai when it hosts Expo 2020, and an analysis of the hospitality sector in Doha when it hosts the World Cup 2022. The research concluded that although Riyadh is working hard to provide the necessary infrastructure to host visitors to the two major global events in 2030 and 2034, visitors to each of the two events have different age characteristics, housing requirements, and periods of stay. The study also concluded that there is an expected deficit estimated at two hundred thousand hotel rooms, and the government is striving to provide 50% of it by 2030, and that there are opportunities to enhance the housing stock of Riyadh, such as shared housing in the private sector for individuals, which in turn constitutes a solution to the hospitality stock of Riyadh, given its size, in addition to the fact that it constitutes an additional income for individuals.

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