The Kingdom’s tourism revenue went up by 27.8 per cent in May 2023, compared to the same month in 2022, to reach $611 million, the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) latest data showed on Thursday. During the first five months of 2023, the data showed that tourism revenue increased by 68.4 per cent to reach $2,826 billion, driven by the increase in the number of tourists, which reached 2,483 thousand tourists, with a growth rate of 69.0 per cent. The CBJ attributed this growth to the increase in the number of overnight tourists to 2,044 thousand, with a growth rate of 62.4 per cent, while the number of one-day tourists reached 439 thousand, with a growth rate of 108 per cent. The data indicated an increase in tourism spending abroad during May of 2023 by 6.1 per cent, compared to the same month of 2022, to reach $132 million. As for the first five months of 2023, tourism spending abroad increased by 48.1 per cent, to reach $696.3 million.
Source: Jordan News Agency