Around 615,000 tourists visited Jordan since beginning of 2019

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Published: 2019-06-16 15:37

Last Updated: 2024-03-27 19:25


Around 615,000 tourists visited Jordan since beginning of 2019
Around 615,000 tourists visited Jordan since beginning of 2019

Between the beginning of 2019 and the end of May 2019, about 615, 995 foreign tourists have visited Jordan, while the percentage of overnight visitors reached 76%.

Abed Al Razzaq Arabiyat, Managing Director of the Jordan Tourism Board said that the percentage of the change in the number of tourists rose to 23.5 % when compared to last year, while the number of tourists for the same period last year reached 498,774 foreign tourists.

Arabiyat pointed out that the number of tourists, who visited Jordan for one day reached 121, 184 tourists until the end of May, making up about 24 % of the total percentage of tourists.

European tourists were on top of the number of tourists who visited Jordan with about 278,000 tourists, comprising 45% of the total number of tourists.

However, tourists coming from Asia and the Pacific ranked second with 101, 809 tourists.

US tourists came in the third place with 69,000 tourists, while about 8, 325 tourists visited Jordan from African countries.