a first for the region the saudis add to the blow with a huge potential price hike taxing times. desperate times in venezuela the president tries climbing out of control inflation with a huge minimum wage rise but economists argue it's not worth the paper it's written on and below the compound the country's economic problems. plus getting away from it all leaving the hustle and bustle of the big city to experience nature at its best more and more tourists headed north for their holidays to shine a very different light on their lives. and in physical and let's do business the goal has long prided itself on its tax free cradle to grave welfare system but it can't afford it any more global oil prices have blue budget deficits and twenty eight seen in the region's first value added tax in the u.a.e. and in saudi arabia a big change for two super rich countries where the mole is king but the saudis are creating even more cheer for motorists with an unannounced rise in petrol prices