Tourism income increased during the first quarter of 2023 by 88.4%

Al-Anbat - Malik Albream

Tourism income increased during the first quarter of 2023 by 88.4% compared to the corresponding period of 2022, recording a value of $1,671.1 million.

  An increase in spending on tourism outside the Kingdom by 68.4% during the first quarter of 2023, to reach $422.3 million.

The latest data issued by the Central Bank indicates that tourism income achieved a growth of 49.0% during the month of March of 2023, compared to the same month of 2022, to reach 435.8 million dinars ($614.7 million).

During the first quarter of 2023, tourism income increased by 88.4% to record 1,184.8 million dinars ($1,671.1 million dollar), driven by the increase in the number of tourists, which reached 1,476.5 thousand tourists, with a growth rate of 90.7%, as a result of the increase in the number of overnight tourists.  It reached 1,204.4 thousand tourists, with a growth rate of 80.9%, while the number of one-day tourists reached 272.1 thousand, with a growth rate of 151.2%.

At the same time, the data indicates an increase in tourism spending abroad during the month of March of 2023 by (26.2%), compared to the same month of 2022, to reach 99.2 million dinars ($139.9 million).

 As for during the first quarter of 2023, tourism spending abroad increased by 68.4%, to record a value of 299.4 million dinars (422.3 million dollars).  The expenditure of Jordanian residents accounted for 83.5% of the total tourism expenditure abroad.