Saudi Arabia has first YouTube Fan festival
13 March 2017 |
4:11 pm
Social media fans in Jeddah attend the country's first ever YouTube FanFest, as Saudi Arabia gears to bring in more entertainment, one of the goals of the Vision 2030 economic plan.
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