Tourism income in Jordan increased during the first 11 months of this year, to about $5.3 billion, while Jordanian expatriates transferred $2.8 billion to their country in the first ten months of this year.
According to data issued by the Central Bank of Jordan, Jordanian tourism income increased during last November, compared to the same month of 2021, by 121.9 million dinars, or 50.3 percent, to reach 364.5 million dinars ($514.1 million).
This increase came as a result of the increase in the number of tourists coming to Jordan, during the same month, by about 148 thousand tourists, compared to the same month of last year, to reach 450.7 thousand tourists, which is the highest level reached by the number of tourists in this month since 2013. During the first eleven months of 2022, tourism income increased by 2.006 billion dinars, or 115.0 percent, to reach 3.751 billion dinars ($5.291 billion) compared to the corresponding period of 2021. This came as a result of the increase in the number of tourists coming to the Kingdom by about 2.4 million, to reach 4.6 million.
Source (Al-Araby Al-Jadeed Newspaper, Edited)
