Saudi Arabia announces new mountain tourism destination in $500bn Neom

In the middle of the desert in Saudi Arabia right now, someone is probably thinking, “Maybe a 105-mile-long skyscraper wasn’t the best idea.”

They might be right. Neom, Saudi Arabia’s planned futuristic mega-development, is hitting some bumps on its road to completion. Engineers, architects, and executives face mounting costs and impossible tasks tr... See more

No roads, cars or emissions, it will run on 100% renewable energy and 95% of land will be preserved for nature. People's health and wellbeing will be prioritized over transportation and infrastructure, unlike traditional cities. Only 200 meters wide, but 170 kilometers long and 500 meters above sea level.

But the intent is to build this city from scratch as fully smart.“By building a new city from the ground up we can come out with a more comprehensive city,” said Lee Jae Min, deputy director of the smart city project with the Ministry of Land, Industry and Transport. “It’s not going to be soon, but in the future, we plan to have a standard model of... See more

Which is why we are seeing a huge increase in people camping, renting or buying RVs (the industry has seen an 1800% increase!!!), and visiting national parks. So if you own a bit of extra land — a farm, a ranch, a non-profit with land — there is a very real economic opportunity to turn that land into useable campsites and outdoor travel destination... See more