Jordan’s tourism revenue stood at $2.214 billion in the first tertile of 2023, up by 84.5 percent, driven by a rise in the number of tourists by 87.2 percent to reach 1.9 million tourists. The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) attributed the rise to an increase in the number of overnight tourists by 78.7 percent, amounting to a total of 1.5 million tourists in the first tertile of 2023, while the number of tourists who stayed for one day stood at 360,000, an increase of 137.1 percent. According to data released Wednesday, Jordanians’ expenditure on tourism abroad climbed by 63.2 percent during the first tertile of 2023, reaching $564 million, while resident Jordanians and non-Jordanians’ expenditure on tourism abroad spiked by 83.2 percent. On a monthly level, tourism revenue in April of 2023 picked up by 73.5 percent, amounting to $543.2 million. In the same month, Jordanians’ expenditure on tourism abroad rose by 49.6 percent during the first tertile of 2023, reaching $142 million.

Source: Jordan News Agency