The State Department offers additional advice: “Tourists are expected to dress modestly in public, avoiding tight fitting clothing or clothes with profane language or images; women are not required to wear abayas or cover their hair but are expected to cover their shoulders and knees, and men should not go without a shirt. … Social media postings which contravene cultural standards can have legal and/or criminal consequences.” Some have questioned the ethics of visiting the kingdom, which is an absolute monarchy, at all. Negative comments flooded the accounts of a number of social media influencers after they visited Saudi Arabia on government-sponsored trips last fall.
