AMMAN — Jordan’s tourism revenue stands at $2.214 billion so
far this year, and up by 84.5 percent, driven by a rise in the number of
tourists visiting the Kingdom, reaching 1.9 million tourists thus far.
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The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) attributed the rise to an
increase in the number of overnight tourists by 78.7 percent, amounting to a
total of 1.5 million tourists in the first tertile of 2023, while the number of
tourists who stayed for one day stood at 360,000, an increase of 137.1 percent.
According to data released Wednesday, Jordanians' expenditure on tourism abroad
climbed by 63.2 percent during the first tertile of 2023, reaching $564
million, while resident Jordanians and non-Jordanians' expenditure on tourism
abroad spiked by 83.2 percent.
On a monthly level, tourism revenue in April 2023 picked up by 73.5 percent,
amounting to $543.2 million.
In the same month, Jordanians' expenditure on tourism abroad
rose by 49.6 percent during the first tertile of 2023, reaching $142 million.
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