As the kingdom opens its door wider to foreign investors, here`s where other opportunities lie:
"The money that will come in is not money they`ll put in the bank at 2 percent interest," said Tom McNulty, a director specializing in the energy sector at Navigant Consulting.
The kingdom`s government is now pushing for more public-private partnerships, and Saudi Arabia says it wants to increase foreign direct investment from the current 3.8 percent to 5.7 percent of GDP by 2030.
"We see utilities, airports, health care and real estate holding the best opportunities from the point of view of public-private partnerships," said Saleem Khokhar, head of fund management at National Bank of Abu Dhabi.
"This diversification away from oil is the reason why King Salman bin Abdulaziz recently spent a month in Asia, signing multi-billion dollar deals with Indonesia, Malaysia, China and Japan.
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