向外国投资者开放麦加和麦地那的房地产所有权，有助于推动对沙特阿拉伯的投资，此前印尼主权基金达南塔拉完成了一项价值20亿沙特里亚尔（约5.33亿美元）的交易，收购了一家酒店和开发地块。
Opening up real estate ownership in Mecca and Medina to foreign investors could help deliver a boost to investment into Saudi Arabia, after Indonesia’s sovereign fund Danantara completed a 2 billion riyal ($533 million) deal to purchase a hotel and development plots.
该协议是外国国家首次在伊斯兰教最神圣的圣地之一麦加收购房产，并为向更多穆斯林占多数的国家出售房产敞开了大门，Thakher Development（萨克尔开发公司）首席执行官费萨尔·沙克尔告诉Semafor。该公司是Thakher Mecca（萨克尔麦加项目）的总开发商，距离麦加大清真寺不到一英里。沙克尔表示，另一个名为Mathabah的麦加开发项目的销售也将于明年启动。
That agreement is the first time a foreign state has acquired property in Mecca, one of the holiest sites in Islam, and opens the door for further sales to Muslim-majority states, Faisal Shaker, chief executive of Thakher Development, owner of the development sold to Danantara, told Semafor. The company is the master developer behind Thakher Mecca, less than a mile from the Grand Mosque in the city. Sales of another Mecca development called Mathabah will also be launched next year, Shaker said.
作为明年向外国投资者销售计划的一部分，“我们渴望达成的交易金额不会低于我们刚刚宣布的这笔交易，”沙克尔说。“我们正在与来自世界各地的多方利益相关者和不同各方进行讨论。”沙克尔表示，对这两座城市的投资“源于信仰，而非周期”。
As part of its plan for sales to foreign investors next year “transactions we aspire to close will not be less than the deal we just announced,” Shaker said. “We are in discussion with multiple stakeholders and different parties from different parts of the world.”Investment into the two cities is “driven by faith and not by cycles,” Shaker said.
沙特阿拉伯于1月向海外穆斯林和选定的外国机构开放了麦加和麦地那的房地产。沙克尔说，沙特人仍然是主要买家，但海湾投资者也正向这两座城市注资。据Asharq Bloomberg（中东彭博）报道，达南塔拉还在考虑投资麦地那。
Saudi Arabia opened Mecca and Medina real estate to Muslims abroad and selected foreign institutions in January. Saudis are still the majority buyers, but Gulf investors are also pouring money into the two cities, Shaker said. Danantara is also considering investing in Medina, Asharq Bloomberg reported.
沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼增加非石油收入战略的一个关键部分，是到2030年将前往该国的宗教访客人数增加一倍多，从去年的约2000万增至5000万。
A key part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s strategy to grow non-oil income is more than doubling religious visitors to the kingdom to 50 million by 2030 from about 20 million last year.