AMMAN, May 18 (NNN-PETRA) – Tourism sector revenue in Jordan, increased during the first four months of this year, by 84.5 percent, recording a value of about 2.2 billion U.S. dollars.
According to the Tourism Ministry’s monthly bulletin, nearly two million people visited Jordan from Jan to Apr this year, almost double the figure of the same period last year, largely increasing the tourism revenue.
During the first four months of this year, overnight tourists reached about 1.6 million, with a growth of 78.7 percent, while the number of day tourists reached 360,000, increasing by 137.1 percent, figures by the Central Bank of Jordan showed.
On a monthly basis, tourism sector income achieved a growth rate of 73.5 percent in Apr, 2023, compared to the same month in 2022, reaching 543.2 million dollars.– NNN-PETRA
