Saudi Arabia recorded a 156 per cent increase in tourist arrivals last year compared with 2019 amid the recovery of the tourism sector following the pandemic, according to Saudi state news agency SPA.
The Middle East is the only region that achieved tourism growth over pre-pandemic levels, receiving 122 per cent more tourists last year than in 2019. The global rate of tourism recovery in 2023 stood at 88 percent of pre-pandemic levels, registering an estimated 1.3 billion arrivals. International tourism revenue reached $1.3 trillion, approaching 93 per cent of the $1.5 trillion achieved in 2019.
Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, is transforming its economy under its Vision 2030 diversification agenda as it aims to reduce its dependence on oil, boost domestic industries and support jobs growth. Saudi Arabia’s mega projects have made significant progress in the last few years, moving from the conceptual phase to construction.
The press service of the Ministry of Economic Development has announced that over the past four years, the number of trips by Russian tourists to Uzbekistan has increased more than tenfold - from 37,000 to 403,000 people
The press service of the Ministry of Ecology and Nature Management of the Moscow Region has announced that the first May beetles have begun to wake up in the region
The Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), with the support of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Roscongress Foundation, the International Exhibition-Forum "Russia", the Russian Union of Tourism Industry, the Committee for Tourism Development of the City of Moscow and the B1 Group of Companies, presented the results of a study of the domestic tourism market in Russia at the IV Russian Tourism Forum "Travel!"
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