The GCC Grand Tours Visa is set to launch its pilot phase in 2025
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First announced last year at the 40th meeting of the Interior Ministers of the GCC, the GCC Grand Tours Visa, often likened to the Schengen visa, is set to launch sometime later this year.
The GCC Grand Tours Visa is set to roll out its pilot phase by the fourth quarter of 2025, according to Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy and Tourism and Chairman of the Emirates Tourism Council.
In remarks made to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) Al Marri said that this represents a strategic step towards deeper regional integration and will enhance the Gulf’s collective appeal as a single tourism destination. A pilot launch is expected in the fourth quarter of 2025, ahead of full implementation at a later stage.
The new visa will give visitors access to all six GCC states, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the UAE, and of course, Saudi Arabia, with a single visa, making travel within the region even easier and helping boost tourism within the areas too.
The GCC Unified Tourist Visa better known as the “GCC Grand Tours” Visa, is expected to be an easy and efficient way for tourists to visit multiple Gulf countries using a single visa.
The new launch is also expected to be far more cost-effective, as tourists can save money by choosing to apply for the unified visa option to travel across all six nations, rather than needing to pay for multiple different visas.
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