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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Croft

Saudi government to spend $16 billion on cancelling parts of troubled Neom megacity project: report

The Saudi Arabian government will spend $16 billion on cancelling parts of its Neom megacity project, which is more money than it will spend building them, according to a report.

Neom was set to see hundreds of billions pumped into the construction of a mountain ski resort, several coastal resorts and an industrial zone along the coast of the Red Sea, in a futuristic super-project aimed at boosting the country’s tourist industry.

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