JEDDAH: Jordan’s tourism income increased 24.9 percent in July to $926.2 million, narrowing the year-to-date decrease to 0.2 percent and bringing overall tourism income to $4.42 billion, according to official figures.
However, the recovery was dispersed across visitor markets, with tourism income from Arab nationals increasing 12.8 percent in the first seven months and income from Asian nationals rising 3.9 percent, according to the Jordan News Agency, or Petra, citing preliminary data from the Central Bank of Jordan.
The numbers come as tourism in the wider Middle East has been impacted by regional strife. International tourist arrivals in the region declined 14% in the first quarter of 2026, while Egypt defied the trend, boosting arrivals by 16%, according to UN Tourism’s World Tourism Barometer published in June.
Petra continued: “During the first seven months of the year, tourism revenue from Jordanians residing abroad fell by 8.9 percent, whereas income from US nationals declined by 20.6 percent, European nationalities by 24.7 percent, and other nationalities by 39.7 percent. According to preliminary data, Jordanians and locals spent 0.3 percent more on tourism in July, totaling $248.1 million, although spending in the first seven months of the year fell 7.5 percent to $1.154 billion.
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