The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ranked first worldwide as the top tourist destination in terms of the growth rate of international tourist revenues during the first quarter of 2025 compared with the same period in 2019.
According to the World Tourism Barometer report issued by the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the Kingdom ranked third worldwide for the growth rate of international tourist numbers in Q1 2025 versus Q1 2019, and second in the Middle East over the same period.
The Kingdom recorded an increase of 102 percent in international tourist numbers, surpassing the global growth rate of 3 percent and the Middle East rate of 44 percent, thereby reinforcing its leading position on the global and regional tourism scene.
Source (Al Arabiya.Net Website, Edited)