According to Arab Net, the economic newspaper quoted the Central Bank and the Ministry of Saudi Tourism, and the form of tourist expenditure from abroad was about 31.7 percent or a equivalent to SR 20.1 billion, while local tourist spending was about 68.3% or 43.3 billion riyals. / p>
Saudi Arabia is witnessing a significant shift towards activating the tourism sector to contribute to diversifying the economy, under the National Transformation Program as an important tribute to the national economy, where he was reflected at the level of domestic and expenditure, recording records before the pandemic, specifically in 2019.
Saudi Arabia aims to develop the sector as part of Saudi Arabia's 2030 vision, by providing various tourist options, especially after encouraging results from opening tourist visas during September 2019, which exceeded 500,000 visas before the Corona crisis.
While the tourism sector around the world saw one of the world's largest shocks, which is 10% of the world economy, as a result of the border closure and restrictions on travelers because of the Kovid-19 pandemic.
Last year, the World Tourism Sector lost about $ 1.3 trillion, according to the World Tourism Organization data.
Saudi Arabia suspended temporary visas in March 2020, after the repercussions of the pandemic, but seeks to resume visas soon amid a protocol facilitated.
The expatriate spending of Saudi Arabia fell by about 81% last year, for about 20.1 billion riyals compared to SR 103.4 billion, but domestic tourism fell less than 29% in Saudi Arabia, where tourism stakeholders in Saudi Arabia have launched many tourism programs immediately The resumption of internal tourism activity in the middle of last year.
Local spending on tourism has scored about 43.3 billion riyals, compared to SR 61.2 billion for 2019, while flights reached 42.1 million flights compared to 47.8 million trips for the previous year.
The main destinations for local tourism flights from Riyadh were 16.2%, and then Mecca and Madinah at 23.5 and 13.3%, respectively, while Asir area as a fourth destination and accounted for 10.9% of trips.
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