📍 Dammam – BETH

The Eastern Province Municipality is presenting a wide range of development and investment projects — with a total value exceeding SAR 30 billion — at its pavilion in the RAD 2025 Entrepreneurship Forum and Exhibition, held from 24 to 26 November 2025. The event hosts local, Gulf, and international investors, underscoring the region’s rising appeal as an investment destination.

Municipality spokesperson Faisal Al-Zahrani stated that the participation aims to showcase a comprehensive model of developmental and investment initiatives that reflect the dynamic growth across the region’s cities and governorates, and highlight the municipality’s role in enhancing quality of life and enabling the private sector to contribute to urban development.

The showcased projects include:

Development of Half Moon Bay and multiple waterfronts

Construction and enhancement of more than 250 parks and public gardens under an investment model aligned with the Saudi Green Initiative

Public transport, marine transport, marinas, and marine club projects

King Abdullah Cultural Center

Al-Marjan Island

Dammam Creek

Upgrades to the Al-Hamra and Plaza Corniches

The Global City project around Saihat Lake

The establishment of the Kingdom’s first standard-model beach

The municipality is also presenting investment opportunities in:
The Water Tower (landmark), Al-Othaim Circle, Alshaya Center on the Khobar Corniche, and various infrastructure and service investments in industrial zones, logistics hubs, and labor cities.
Additionally, the municipality is highlighting Sustainability City, a waste-recycling project developed in partnership with SIRC, a subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund.
The pavilion also features 478 ready-to-invest opportunities for investors and entrepreneurs.

The pavilion includes dedicated sections showcasing efforts in smart cities, environmental safety, infrastructure development, urban humanization, recreational and tourism activities, and urban landscape enhancement, all contributing to improved quality of life.

Al-Zahrani affirmed that the municipality’s participation aligns with its strategy to strengthen partnerships with the private sector, and stimulate economic and tourism activity in the Eastern Province, fully in line with Saudi Vision 2030. He added that the municipality works in collaboration with the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing, the Eastern Province Development Authority, the Quality of Life Program, the Sports Federation, PIF companies, and other key entities to drive development and elevate services for residents and visitors.