Riyadh – Saudi Arabia is expected to generate a SAR 22.2 billion revenue from inbound and outbound tourism, excluding travel expenses for religious purposes during the summer of 2018, the Tourism Information and Research Centre (MAS) said.

The center also forecast that incoming tourism will grow 15.9% to SAR 8.7 billion during the same period, according to Al Eqtisadiah newspaper.

Eastern Province attracted the largest number of incoming tourists with 45.9%, followed by Riyadh with 27.2%, MAS noted.

Incoming tourists from the GCC represented the largest rate with 50.8%, followed by Southern Asians with 15.2%, and visitors from the Middle East made up 12.8%.

Source: Mubasher

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