Spending of international tourists in Saudi Arabia jumped, according to data issued by the Saudi Ministry of Investment, to 27 billion riyals in the first six months of the current year 2022. After an increase in the number of incoming tourists to 6.1 million, with a total of 46 million foreign and domestic tourists.
The ministry revealed that the number of tourists coming to Saudi Arabia in the second quarter of 2022, on an annual basis, increased by 575.4 percent to 3.6 million tourists. While the number of domestic tourists increased by 42.3% to 21.4 million.
Inbound tourist spending increased by 570 percent in the second quarter to 15.7 billion riyals, and domestic tourism spending increased by 31.5 percent in the same period to 22.7 billion riyals.
The tourism sector is one of the promising sectors in the Kingdom, which contributes to achieving the transformation plan and diversifying sources of income. According to Vision 2030, the sector aims to raise its direct contribution to the gross domestic product to more than 10 percent, and to reach 100 million international and domestic tourists. The Kingdom moved up 10 ranks to rank 33 in the travel and tourism development index.
Source (Al-Arabiya.net Website, Edited)
