Tourists spend SAR45 billion on accommodation in Saudi Arabia

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Tourists spent over SAR25.5 billion on shopping and about SAR21.5 billion on local transportation

2024-08-15T11:08:07+05:00

Riyadh:  The Saudi Ministry of Tourism has announced that in 2023 inbound tourists spent over SAR141 billion in the Kingdom.

According to the ministry's 2023 annual tourism statistics report, the largest chunk of this, over SAR45 billion, was spent on accommodation, over SAR25.5 billion on shopping, and about SAR21.5 billion on local transportation.

Expenditure on food and beverages reached SAR19.4 billion, other outlays went beyond SAR25.5 billion, and spendings on entertainment reached SAR4.0 billion.

In 2023, Saudi Arabia welcomed over 27 million international tourists who spent over SAR141 billion in the country, while domestic and international tourists surpassed 109 million that same year.

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