{
  "id": 6036910,
  "title": "Albudaiwi: Unified Gulf Tourist Visa set for imminent launch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/albudaiwi-unified-gulf-tourist-visa-set-for-imminent-launch",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T20:04:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Saudi Gazette",
    "slug": "saudi-gazette",
    "url": "https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/664357/saudi-arabia/albudaiwi-unified-gulf-tourist-visa-set-for-imminent-launch"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "RIYADH — Jasem Albudaiwi, secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), announced that the Unified Gulf Tourist Visa project is set to launch soon. Albudaiwi highlighted that this development will significantly bolster Gulf integration and streamline visitor movement across GCC countries. Speaking at the \"Security and History Dialogue 2026\" conference in Riyadh, Albudaiwi emphasized that the unified visa will enable foreign visitors to travel effortlessly among the six GCC nations, thereby bolstering the tourism sector and elevating the GCC's status as a premier regional destination. Regarding security, Albudaiwi underscored the robust security collaboration among GCC interior ministers. He noted that a recent meeting, in response to Iranian attacks on GCC countries, yielded crucial outcomes that have directly bolstered security and stability. Albudaiwi pointed out that GCC nations are collectively striving to enhance security cooperation and integration to address various challenges. He also addressed digital concerns, highlighting the GCC's vigilant stance against cybercrime risks, particularly among youth. The GCC has implemented a unified strategy to combat cybercrime and a joint strategy for dealing with artificial intelligence, ensuring modern technologies' effective use while mitigating associated challenges. Albudaiwi revealed ongoing GCC efforts to combat drug-related activities, noting that gangs, entities, and countries target Gulf societies, particularly young people, by promoting narcotics. He revealed that the GCC adopted a unified strategy against drug trafficking last year, emphasizing continuous security coordination and a specialized anti-drug committee meeting regularly to harmonize GCC efforts in this area. Albudaiwi underscored that recent GCC achievements have positively impacted citizens' lives, including the mutual recognition of driver's licenses, electronically linked security systems, and streamlined traffic violations across member states. He stressed that GCC action has seen remarkable progress, attributing the qualitative shift in security cooperation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman's vision, which intensified joint meetings and delivered tangible results to enhance security and integration.",
  "summary": "RIYADH — Jasem Albudaiwi, secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), said that the Unified Gulf Tourist Visa project will be launched soon. “This will represent an important step towards strengthening Gulf integration and facilitate the movement of visitors among the GCC countries,” he said. Addressing the “Security and History Dialogue 2026” conference in Riyadh on Sunday,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}