Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia has announced its intention to revise its tourism goals, increasing the target number of visitors from the previous 100 million by 2030 to a new goal of 150 million, Mahmoud Abdulhadi, the Deputy Minister of Destination Enablement at the Ministry of Tourism, said during...
73.1m tourists to Saudi Arabia spent $35.54 billion in 9M 2022
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Nearly SAR 133.3 billion ($35.54 billion) were spent in the first nine months of 2022 by about 73 million tourists -- both domestic and inbound -- who visited Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Tourism defines a tourist as every visitor (domestic, inbound or outbound) with...
Saudi Arabia ranks 2nd fastest growing tourism destination in world
The kingdom received about 7.8 million international tourists for all purposes during the first quarter of 2023, representing its highest quarterly performance.Saudi Arabia ranks first in G20 visitors flow rating: report
According to the report, the number of foreign tourists visiting the kingdom has surged 121 percent from January to July 2022.
New initiatives help Saudi Arabia shine on tourism map
Notable achievements of the kingdom include establishment of Global Center for Tourism Sustainability and its selection to host World Travel and Tourism Council's world summit.
World tourism won’t return to pre-Covid levels until 2024: WTO
In Europe and the Americas, foreign visitor arrivals surged by 19 percent and 17 percent, respectively, last year over 2020. In the Middle East, however, arrivals declined by 24 percent in 2021, while in the Asia-Pacific region they were 65 percent below 2020 levels, and 94 percent down on pre-pandemic...
UNWTO optimism to cheer up MENA tourism
While the likes of Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Jordan depend heavily on tourism for revenue, the UAE and Saudi Arabia are using it to diversify their economy.Pandemic to cost global tourism $2trn
International tourist arrivals will this year remain 70-75 percent below the 1.5 billion arrivals recorded in 2019, before the pandemic hit, says the UNWTO.
