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GCC tourist visa approved, to be
rolled out 'soon', says top official
Industry executives believe that the much-awaited unified visa will boost 'bleisure' (business-leisure)
travel in the region
Published: Mon 16 Jun 2025, 4:24 PM
The GCC single tourist visa has been approved and will be rolled out soon, said Abdulla
bin Touq Al Marri, UAE’s Minister of Economy.
“The single (GCC) tourist visa has been approved and waiting now to be implemented,
hopefully, soon. Now, it is with the Ministry of Interior and the relevant stakeholders, and
they should look into it,” Al Marri told Khaleej Times in an interview on the sidelines of
the UAE Hospitality Summer Camp press conference on Monday.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have been discussing rolling out a
unified tourist visa or GCC Grand Tours Visa for the region, similar to the Schengen
tourist visa, over the past few years.
This visa will allow foreign tourists to visit all six member states – the UAE, Saudi
Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait – on a single visa.
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