AMMAN — Jordan's 2022 tourism
revenues increased by 110.5 percent compared to the previous year’s tourism
income (around $2.7 billion), to reach $5.816 billion, according to data issued
by the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ).
The CBJ attributed this growth to an
increase in the number of tourists arrivals by about 2.69 million, with a total
of 5.05 million tourist arrivals in 2022, the Jordan News Agency, Petra,
reported.
Tourism income for last year also slightly
exceeded its pre-pandemic levels, up 0.4 percent from 2019 figures.
Meanwhile, Jordanians' spending on
international tourism reached $1.467 billion in 2022 — 59.6 percent more than
2021 spending. This accompanied a 58.3 percent rise in the number of Jordanian
tourists who travelled abroad last year, the CBJ data showed.
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AMMAN — Jordan's 2022 tourism
revenues increased by 110.5 percent compared to the previous year’s tourism
income (around $2.7 billion), to reach $5.816 billion, according to data issued
by the
Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ).
The CBJ attributed this growth to an
increase in the number of tourists arrivals by about 2.69 million, with a total
of 5.05 million tourist arrivals in 2022, the Jordan News Agency, Petra,
reported.
Tourism income for last year also slightly
exceeded its pre-pandemic levels, up 0.4 percent from 2019 figures.
Meanwhile,
Jordanians' spending on
international tourism reached $1.467 billion in 2022 — 59.6 percent more than
2021 spending. This accompanied a 58.3 percent rise in the number of Jordanian
tourists who travelled abroad last year, the CBJ data showed.
Read more Business
Jordan News
