Tourism income spikes to $893 in Q1 of 2022

Home Jordan News Tourism income spikes to $893 in Q1 of 2022 18-04-2022 03:16 PM Ammon News - Jordan's tourism revenue shot up by 251.4 percent, or $639 million, to reach $893 million in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the figure reported in the same period of last year. According to data released Monday by the Central Bank of Jordan, the growth in revenue was mainly driven by an increase in the number of tourists to the Kingdom, reaching 780,000 tourists in the first quarter of the current year. Last year, Jordan's tourism revenue went up by 90 percent compared to the previous year reaching $2.7 billion, it said. In March, tourism revenue increased by $325 million, or 346.3 percent, amounting to $418.9 million compared to the same month of last year, the bank indicated. The number of tourists during March of the current year stood at 381,000 tourists. Tourism income from Jordanian expatriates constituted 34.3 percent of the overall revenue, followed by Arab nationals with 47.6 percent, Europeans with 9.3 percent and the United States with 3 percent.

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Tourism income spikes to $893 in Q1 of 2022

18-04-2022 03:16 PM

Ammon News - Jordan's tourism revenue shot up by 251.4 percent, or $639 million, to reach $893 million in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the figure reported in the same period of last year.

According to data released Monday by the Central Bank of Jordan, the growth in revenue was mainly driven by an increase in the number of tourists to the Kingdom, reaching 780,000 tourists in the first quarter of the current year.

Last year, Jordan's tourism revenue went up by 90 percent compared to the previous year reaching $2.7 billion, it said.

In March, tourism revenue increased by $325 million, or 346.3 percent, amounting to $418.9 million compared to the same month of last year, the bank indicated. The number of tourists during March of the current year stood at 381,000 tourists.

Tourism income from Jordanian expatriates constituted 34.3 percent of the overall revenue, followed by Arab nationals with 47.6 percent, Europeans with 9.3 percent and the United States with 3 percent.

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