AMMAN — Jordan's tourism revenue stood
at $2.1 billion rose in the first 10 months of the year, an increase of 61.2
per cent compared to the same period in 2020, as more foreigners continue to arrive
in the Kingdom, according to
Central Bank of Jordan figures.
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For contract, the first 10 months of 2020
saw a 73 percent decline in tourism revenue compared to the same period in
2019, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
The central bank’s data showed that the
growth in revenue was mainly driven by a 59.7 per cent rise in the number of
tourists, which reached 1.8 million during the January-October period of this
year, compared to the same period of last year.
Tourism revenues generated from non-resident
Jordanians accounted for 44.6 per cent of the total tourism income, followed by
Arab countries (excluding Gulf countries) with 27 percent of the total number
of tourists, and finally
GCC countries with 14.6 percent, the data showed.
October saw a rise in tourism revenue by
$302 million to stand at $352 million, compared to the same month last year,
owing to a total of 278,000 tourists visiting the Kingdom; 278,000 more
visitors than the preceding year, the figures revealed.
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