This Is How Much Each Country Benefitted from International Tourism Receipts

This Is How Much Each Country Benefitted from International Tourism Receipts

15 May 2023

Saudi Arabia’s ambitions to develop tourism to a point that it contributes 10-15% of the country’s GDP by 2030 is no small feat. In 2020, the country’s tourism sector contributed roughly 3%. It would mean that in less than 10 years time, the Kingdom expects to surpass the annual tourism revenues that the world’s #1 tourism hotspot, the United States, acquired in 2018 (over $200 billion) at pre-covid levels. It’s no wonder the Saudi Government is investing over a trillion dollars into the development of its tourism sector.

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