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TRANSPORTATIONfears, and plunging freight charges. We believe that KSA’s aviation sec<strong>to</strong>r may be somewhatshielded due <strong>to</strong> significant contribution of religious <strong>to</strong>urism in <strong>the</strong> overall <strong>to</strong>urism industry.Never<strong>the</strong>less, sliding freight rates and weakening demand cloud <strong>the</strong> overall Saudi transportsec<strong>to</strong>r’s earnings visibility for 2009 and 2010. Delayed construction of <strong>the</strong> planned economiccities and industrial projects fur<strong>the</strong>r worsens our near-<strong>to</strong>-medium term outlook on <strong>the</strong> sec<strong>to</strong>r.However, with <strong>the</strong> onset of economic revival, <strong>the</strong> Government’s initiatives <strong>to</strong> streng<strong>the</strong>n its traderelations with o<strong>the</strong>r countries and encourage <strong>the</strong> participation of private sec<strong>to</strong>r are likely <strong>to</strong>provide a fillip <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> sec<strong>to</strong>r.JUNE 2009SAUDI ARABIA FACTBOOK98

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