Tourism revenues amounted to 3.455 billion Jordanian dinars ($4.868 billion) in the first 11 months of 2018, the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said Monday (December 17th).
In 2017, the sector’s revenues reached $4.6 billion, while it amounted to $4.1 billion in 2016, according to the Central Bank of Jordan, The Jordan Times reported.
The number of tourist groups significantly increased during November of this year, with 86,320 tourists visiting the kingdom in groups, compared with 61,620 tourists for the same period of 2017-- which constitutes an increase of 40.1%, according to the ministry’s monthly statistical bulletin.
The sector’s performance indicates high growth rates during November, particularly in the number of overnight tourists.
