Tourists - Take Photos in Saudi Arabia
Exciting news for the snap-happy tourists that find themselves very down in the dumps when they're restricted from taking photos in places like museums or of the native people - Saudi Arabia has lifted a ban on photography to help increase tourism. I find it odd that a ban on photography would have that much of an impact on tourism to begin with, but I guess the interior ministry thinks it does. Anyhow, permission is still needed to take photos of private property and locals. You should always ask permission when taking a picture of someone in any place and as a word of advice be careful taking pictures of the Saudi women. They're still pretty sensitive about that sort of thing.via WorldHum
Filed under: Arts and Culture, Photos, Stories, Saudi Arabia
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Aug 5th 2006 @ 6:32PM
Bary said...
My opinion is: if you are a professional photographer you can capture anything and it will be nice. Saudi's government looked odd denying snapshots
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Aug 5th 2006 @ 7:54PM
Borso said...
Saudi Arabia has lifted a ban on photography in public areas as part of a drive by the conservative kingdom's tourism organisation to attract more visitors to the birthplace of Islam.
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