Tourism revenues have increased by 15.4% at the end of August 2018, reaching $3.6 billion, compared to around $3.1 billion in the same period last year, according to preliminary data released by the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Monday (September 17th).
The increase was mainly driven by a 10.5% rise in the total number of tourists to the kingdom, who totalled 3.4 million visitors compared to the same period last year, the CBJ said in a statement, carried by the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
In August 2018, Jordan's revenues from tourism went up by 23.3%, reaching $686.3 million, compared with $556.6 million registered in the same month of 2017, the statement said.
Stakeholders have previously expected the sector to continue recovering during 2018, attributing the reason mainly to promotion efforts which increased the number of visitors to Jordan.
