The World Tourism Group (UNWTO) has revealed Saudi Arabia as a rising star within the world tourism sector. The nation has moved up 12 locations from 2019 and has risen to thirteenth place on the planet by way of attracting worldwide vacationers in 2022. In whole, a minimum of 16.6 million vacationers from world wide selected the nation as their vacation spot that yr.

The primary quarter of 2023 marked a brand new report for the nation, which welcomed round 7.8 million overseas guests. This represents a 64% enhance over the identical interval in 2019, one other report statistic for the Kingdom.

And revenues to develop in comparable proportions. Certainly, with 16 locations gained on the planet rating, the nation secures the eleventh place in 2022, a substantial bounce from the twenty seventh place it occupied in 2019. This knowledge was corroborated by the World Tourism Barometer report, printed by UNWTO in Might 2023.

As well as, the most recent UNWTO figures additionally place Saudi Arabia because the second quickest rising tourism vacation spot on the planet. These achievements are a part of the nation’s Imaginative and prescient 2030, which goals to make the nation a preferred vacation spot worldwide and enhance the sector’s financial contribution to the nationwide GDP.

State efforts to spice up tourism

Tourism Minister Ahmed Al-Khateeb attributed the nation’s success within the tourism sector to simplified visa procedures, focused promotional campaigns and the range of Saudi Arabia’s vacationer sights. He reaffirmed the ministry’s dedication to fostering partnerships with private and non-private sector entities to strengthen the nation’s place as a worldwide tourism powerhouse.