Jordan welcomes 2.5 million guests in 7 months


08-08-2022 01:37 PM

Ammon News - More than 2.5 million people visited Jordan in the January-July period of 2022, a 220 percent increase over the same period in 2021.

The number exceeded the 1.88 million visitors expected in the Jordan National Tourism Strategy 2021-2025.

According to a monthly report by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the total number of overnight tourists increased by 206.7 percent during the same period.

Overnight visitors from Europe increased by 526.4 percent, followed by the Arab Gulf with 404.8 percent and the Americas with 307.3 percent.

In July alone, the number of visitors increased by 125.1 percent, reaching 587,248.

The Kingdom's tourism income increased by 242.7 percent in the first half of 2022, reaching USD2.196 billion, according to data released by the Central Bank of Jordan.




  • no comments

Notice
All comments are reviewed and posted only if approved.
Ammon News reserves the right to delete any comment at any time, and for any reason, and will not publish any comment containing offense or deviating from the subject at hand, or to include the names of any personalities or to stir up sectarian, sectarian or racial strife, hoping to adhere to a high level of the comments as they express The extent of the progress and culture of Ammon News' visitors, noting that the comments are expressed only by the owners.
name : *
email
show email
comment : *
Verification code : Refresh
write code :