34.7% increase in tourist income in first 10 months of 2023

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AMMAN – Tourist income increased by 34.7 percent during the first ten months of 2023 compared to the corresponding period in 2022, reaching a total of JD4.6 billion, according to a press release from the Central Bank on Tuesday.اضافة اعلان

Preliminary data from the Central Bank reported by Al-Mamlaka TV indicated a growth of 11.7 percent in tourist income during October 2023 compared to the same month in 2022, amounting to JD435.9 million.

The growth was driven by an increase in the number of tourists, reaching 5,560.1 thousand tourists with a growth rate of 34.1 percent. This was the result of an increase in the number of overnight tourists to 4,656.9 thousand, with a growth rate of 31.8 percent, while the number of day tourists reached 903.2 thousand, with a growth rate of 47.4 percent.

At the same time, foreign tourist spending increased by 30.9 percent, totaling JD1,152.3 million.


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