Daikin’s New Jeddah Factory and Abha’s Green Highlands: How Saudi Arabia Is Cooling Its Tourism Boom Under Vision 2030
Saudi Arabia’s transformation took two very different but closely linked turns this week. In Jeddah, Japanese HVAC giant Daikin began construction of a new chiller and hydronic heat pump factory designed to serve some of the region’s biggest mega-projects. In the southwestern city of Abha, a Los Angeles Times feature spotlighted how the kingdom’s lush mountain highlands are being remade as a flagship tourism destination — and how locals feel about the change. daikin.com+2healthcaremea.com+2
