‎Saudi Arabia attracts 73.1 mln tourists in 9M 2022

‎Saudi Arabia attracts 73.1 mln tourists in 9M 2022

The total number of domestic and inbound tourists to Saudi Arabia reached 73.1 million tourists during the first nine months of 2022, spending nearly SAR 133.3 billion, according to data by the Ministry of Tourism.

Domestic tourists constituted the largest percentage of total tourists during this period representing about 86% or approximately 62.6 million tourists, while incoming tourists accounted for 14% of the total tourists, at about 10.5 million tourists.

The Ministry of Tourism defines a tourist as every visitor (domestic, inbound or outbound) with an overnight stay in the place visited.

The total number of tourists increased by the end of the first nine months of 2022 by nearly 5.8 million compared to 67.3 million tourists in 2021. The following table shows the total number of tourists since 2015:

Domestic tourists spent 53.3% of the total tourists spending during the period, while inbound visitors spent 46.7%.

In the first nine months of 2022, Makkah was the most visited destination as indicated in the table below: