Jordanian Tourism Revenue Increases by 10.2%

  • Amman, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  • 17 January 2020
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A report issued by the Central Bank of Jordan revealed that tourism income increased by 10.2 percent at the end of last year (2019), as it amounted to 5.8 billion dollars (about 4.11 billion dinars), compared to 2018.

The Central Bank of Jordan restored the reason for the increase in tourism income to an increase in the number of overnight tourists by 8.9 percent during the past year, equivalent to 5.36 million tourists, compared to 2018. On the monthly level, the Kingdom's revenues from tourism income increased during the month of December of 2019, to reach $437 million, an increase of 14 percent compared to the same period in 2018, as a result of the increase in the total number of tourists by 16.9 percent.

Source (Al-Dustour Newspaper-Jordan, Edited)