The remote oasis is abuzz with celebrity gossip; Hollywood action man Gerard Butler is in town filming his next movie, Kandahar, and a Saudi princess and her entourage have booked out all the best tables at the vertiginous Harrat viewpoint, overlooking this isolated outpost.
It’s not surprising they’re here, given the ambitious plans of the Saudi government to develop AlUla oasis, in north-western Saudi Arabia, as a major tourism drawcard with an aim
