Saudi commission for tourism warns of dealing with fake tourism offices

Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) has warned citizens and residents of not dealing with some anonymous people who claim to belong to fake travel offices, promoting for low cost international flights for the purpose of exploiting those who want to travel.
This was announced by SCTA Assistant Vice President for Licensing and Quality Ahmed bin Hamad Al-Isa.
He said that the Commission has developed licensing requirements for travel and tourism agencies in cooperation with the concerned authorities in this activity such as International Air Transport Association (IATA), a regular umbrella airlines, with the aim of providing legal and reliable agencies that operate according to specific procedures and clear contracts with the airlines to ensure their credibility.
He also pointed out that the SCTA continuously declares on its official website the names of travel and tourism agencies licensed by it and commits them to displaying their licenses in prominent places to allow customers to be briefed on them.