Sep 19 Others

Visitors from Gulf states up by 26 per cent; Tourist revenue dropped by 16%

http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=41452
19 September 2011
By Khetam Malkawi

Saudis accounted for 86 per cent of the total visitors from Gulf countries, standing at 718,000, a 45 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, when the figure stood at 496,000.

However, the number of European visitors dropped by 17 per cent, from 691,041 in the first eight months of 2010 to 574,625 this year.

Revenues generated by the tourism sector during the January-July period stood at JD1.188 million, dropping by 16 per cent from JD1.414 million in the same period in 2010, according to Central Bank of Jordan figures.