The Central Bank of Jordan revealed an increase in tourism income last March of 230.5 million dinars (325 million dollars), or 346.3 percent of its level during the same month last year, reaching 297 million dinars (418.9 million dollars).
The bank indicated that this significant improvement came as a result of the increase in the number of tourists during the same month by 307.3 thousand to reach 381.1 thousand. During the first quarter of 2022, tourism income increased by 453.1 million dinars ($639.1 million), or 251.4 percent, to record 633.3 million dinars ($893.2 million), compared to the corresponding period in 2021, as a result of the growth of the number of tourists by 584.1 thousand, to reach 780.2 thousand.
Tourism income from non-resident Jordanians constituted 34.3 percent of the total, followed by income from Arab countries (except for the Gulf countries) with 24.2 percent of the total, most notably Iraq (7%) and Syria (6.6%), and Palestine (3.4%). In third place, tourism income came from the Arab Gulf states with a share of 23.4 percent, most notably Saudi Arabia (14.2%), Kuwait (4.7%) and Oman (1.6%). In fourth place, European nationality came with a contribution of 9.3 percent, most notably France (1.4%), Germany (1.3%), and Britain (0.9%). The United States accounted for 3 percent of the total.
Source (Al-Araby Al-Jadeed Newspaper, Edited)
