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Hitchhikers are known for their determination though, so if it is truly your desire to visit, the easiest way is to gain a position as an English teacher in a private academy. There are many jobs in this industry. The TEFL certificate to each is easy to obtain, and can be got over the internet with a minmum of a month to complete. When you find a job, the company will pay for your visa and flights into the country. The contracts generally state a trial period. You can then do as you please when in the country. There are no barriers to internal travel, except within holy cities. To get out the country, it is quite easy to be sacked by a company, and they are obliged to pay your airfare back home.
Other ways to enter the country are as visiting family to current mumbers numbers living out there, and this is difficult to obtain.
It has been whispered that within the next 2-3 years, KSA will begin issueing issuing tourist visas. Which probably means 20-30 years at the speed Saudis work. (Edit 2020: This was written back in 2014 and the Saudis managed to introduce the tourist visa in September 2019, so it "only" took 5 years :P )
When you are in, hitchhiking is quite feasible. Saudis are generally well educated, as fascinated by the West. The highways are built on the USA system, and are difficult to hitch on. However, stand at an exit, and a Saudi will soon stop to ask if you need help, and will run you out to a good place. The ferry to the Farsan Islands is free from Abha, and hitchhiking in the islands is very easy, as is wild camping.
