Jazan's rural farms are transforming into tourist destinations that combine entertainment with agricultural education.

2026-07-02T07:28:07.868Z

During the summer vacation, rural farms in the Jazan region offer a growing tourism model that blends entertainment and agricultural education in calm natural settings, capitalizing on the region's agricultural and environmental assets through open-air seating areas, nurseries, and educational trails, thereby contributing to diversifying tourism products and achieving the goals of Saudi Vision 2030.

During the summer vacation, the Jazan region hosts diverse tourism options that derive their distinctiveness from its natural variety spanning beaches, islands, mountain highlands, farms, and valleys, providing residents and visitors with experiences suited to different interests.

Rural farms have emerged as a modern tourism product combining entertainment, rural tourism, and agricultural education in natural settings that offer visitors a different experience amidst green spaces, as many productive farms have transformed into open destinations for visitors while maintaining their agricultural activity.

These farms include various facilities such as open seating areas, cafes, nurseries specializing in ornamental plants, shade trees, and fruit trees, as well as bird and pet sanctuaries, and informational trails about plants and flowers, allowing visitors to learn about plant growth stages and purchase some species.

Visitors move through farm pathways lined with fruit trees and ornamental plants, while nurseries attract those interested in learning about and purchasing plant species, and open seating areas see attendance from families seeking to spend time in calm natural settings away from the hustle and bustle of cities.

Zafir Kalibi, owner of a rural farm in Jazan, explained that these farms have become destinations that attract residents and visitors during the summer vacation due to the calm natural atmosphere and experiences that combine entertainment and agricultural education, noting that they represent a successful model for investing agricultural resources to support rural tourism.

Several farm visitors confirmed that these destinations have provided them with a different experience combining enjoyment of nature and learning about the agricultural environment, pointing out that the diversity of facilities, activities, and calm atmosphere made them among the top choices they are keen to visit with their families.

Rural farms contribute to diversifying tourism products in Jazan and enhancing the presence of rural tourism as a promising tourism model, through investing natural and agricultural resources to create destinations that combine entertainment, education, and environmental experiences, in line with the goals of Saudi Vision 2030.