attractions REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
1 Dammam
Te capital of the Eastern Province is an economic powerhouse, but there is a blend of attractions and facilities to cater to all types of visitors
The largest city on Saudi Arabia’s east coast, Dammam is the capital of the country’s Eastern Province – one of the most oil-rich regions on the planet. Although its prosperity is founded on the area’s oil wealth on which it continues to rely, Dammam today enjoys a diversified economy that includes downstream industries, ports, logistics and distribution, as well as tourism. It is the fifth largest city in Saudi
Arabia and part of the Dammam Metropolitan Area or Greater Dammam. Comprising the ‘triplet cities’ of Dhahran, Al Khobar and Dammam, the area's population is in excess of 4.2 million, according to a 2012 estimate. Greater Dammam also includes smaller towns and cities such as Al Qatif, Safwa and Ras Tanura, all important centres for the Saudi petroleum industry.
44 Dammam boasts the King
Abdulaziz Sea Port, the biggest on the Arabian Gulf and the world’s largest airport by land area, the 780-square-kilometre King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, which handles the second highest amount of export-import traffic in Saudi Arabia after Jeddah. The airport is also served
by more than 30 regional and international carriers, such as Emirates, Etihad Airways, KLM, Lufthansa, Air India, Air Arabia, Turkish Airlines and the national flag carrier Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia), which flies to around 25 domestic and international destinations from Dammam. Local low-cost carrier Nasair also connects the city to other Saudi destinations. Greater Dammam is the
epicentre of the petroleum mining and refinery industries and is home
1 Cityscape, Dammam 2 Dammam Corniche
to Saudi Aramco, the Saudi Arabia Refineries Company and the Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Company, which have revenues in excess of US$500 billion (SAR1.8 trillion) combined. Greater Dammam’s economic
vitality makes it the ideal venue for important exhibitions and conferences. In recent years these have incuded: the PetroEnvironment Conference; Construction Machinery Show; International Ideal Home Exhibition; Saudi International Water, Electricity and Power Generation Conference and Exhibition; Plastics and Petrochem Arabia; and Saudi Transtec. Helping stage these events
are venues such as the Dhahran International Exhibition Center and the Sheraton Dammam Convention and Exhibition Center, which have the capacity to host thousands. Providing the right
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