Understanding the media's evolving view on Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 with Rawan Hashem from Carma Insights, Hevolution's rise, Tourism in KSA and much more

Episode 102! Rawan Hashem from the data insights firm Carma joins The 966 to discuss evolving media perspectives of Saudi Arabia and Vision 2030. Before the conversation, the hosts discuss the new organization in Saudi Arabia, called Hevolution, and its $1 billion mission to advance humanity's fight against aging based on a recent Wall Street Journal article from this week. Then the hosts discuss the recent data out on Saudi Arabia's tourism industry which show the Kingdom's important new sector is growing rapidly. The hosts conclude as always with six top storylines to on Saudi Arabia this week. 4:23 - Richard's One Big Thing this week is Hevolution, and its $1 billion mission to advance humanity's fight against aging based on a recent Wall Street Journal article from this week. 13:58 - Lucien's One Big Thing this week is Saudi Arabia's tourism industry, which has put up some impressive numbers in 2023. Saudi Arabia only very recently rolled out tourist visas for visitors on September 28, 2019, months before the pandemic. Tourism revenues in Saudi Arabia tripled during the first quarter of 2023, reaching about $9.86 billion, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The Kingdom has recovered significantly since the COVID pandemic, hosting approximately 7.8 million tourists during the first quarter of the year. That number represents a 64% increase in the number of tourists so far in 2023, compared to the pre-COVID record year in 2019.27:06 - Rawan Hashem from the data insights firm Carma joins The 966 to discuss evolving media perspectives of Saudi Arabia and Vision 2030. 1:06:00 - Yallah!