Saudi Arabia in another liberal move lifts the social restriction of men and women having to use separate entrances at eateries.
Restaurants and cafes are no longer required to have gender-segregated entrances as they've required to for the longest time ever, officials said. Police in the Kingdom has enforced sex segregation in public places for decades.
On Sunday though, the ministry of municipalities and rural affairs announced the decision via Twitter.
It was unclear whether a restriction on seating inside restaurants will also be removed.
Restaurants are currently segregated into a "family" section for those accompanied by women and a "singles" area for men, though many have quietly taken down the barriers in recent years amid the kingdom's sweeping liberalisation drive.
The latest reform was hailed by young Saudis but dismissed by arch-conservatives on social media, with one Twitter user saying it went "against sharia", or Islamic law.
Other new laws the Saudi government announced, besides introducing tourist visas in September include bringing mixed-gender concerts and sporting extravaganzas to Saudi, passing a law that lets women drive and allow them to travel without guardian consent.
Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been trying to create a modern, liberal image of the Saudi society that has known to be largely conservative. He aims to project a business-friendly image. And this could be why the Kingdom announced last week decided to grant citizenship to 'brilliant' individuals.
Prince Mohammed by clipping powers of hardline clerics is pursuing a modernisation drive.
This approach, however, has not stopped authorities from implementing a crackdown that led to the detention of nine academics, writers, and activists.
Until three years ago, the religious police elicited widespread fear in the kingdom, chasing men and women out of malls to pray and berating anyone seen mingling with the opposite sex.
The hardline enforcers of public morality, whose powers began waning even before Prince Mohammed rose to power, are now largely out of sight.