{"id":41307,"date":"2024-02-18T13:22:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T10:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/?p=41307"},"modified":"2024-02-19T14:38:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T11:38:17","slug":"boom-saudi-arabia-strikes-gold-as-uns-tourism-king-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/inspo\/travel-inspo-2\/boom-saudi-arabia-strikes-gold-as-uns-tourism-king-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Boom! Saudi Arabia Strikes Gold As UN&#8217;s Tourism King of 2023!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all globetrotters, hold onto your adventurous spirit because Saudi Arabia is rocking the tourism world like never before! According to the latest updates from the UN Tourism rankings, the Kingdom has bagged the TOP spot for the most epic surge in international visitors in 2023.<\/p>\n<h2>The Kingdom witnessed a whopping 56% increase compared to 2019!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18130814\/GGeIU7hWQAAmSiz.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41308 size-large alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18130814\/GGeIU7hWQAAmSiz-large.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18130814\/GGeIU7hWQAAmSiz-large.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18130814\/GGeIU7hWQAAmSiz-medium.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18130814\/GGeIU7hWQAAmSiz-768x419.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18130814\/GGeIU7hWQAAmSiz-120x65.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18130814\/GGeIU7hWQAAmSiz.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But wait, there&#8217;s more! The mind-blowing stats showed how Saudi totally bounced back, as the Kingdom witnessed a jaw-dropping 156% tourism recovery rate in 2023 compared to pre-COVID years. It surpassed other tourism hubs like Spain, Turkey, Morocco, Albania, France and so many more!<\/p>\n<h2>The Kingdom is also cashing in big time breaking tourism records<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18131042\/Screenshot-2024-02-18-at-1.09.45%E2%80%AFPM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41309 size-large alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18131042\/Screenshot-2024-02-18-at-1.09.45%E2%80%AFPM-large.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18131042\/Screenshot-2024-02-18-at-1.09.45%E2%80%AFPM-large.png 700w, https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18131042\/Screenshot-2024-02-18-at-1.09.45%E2%80%AFPM-medium.png 250w, https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18131042\/Screenshot-2024-02-18-at-1.09.45%E2%80%AFPM-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18131042\/Screenshot-2024-02-18-at-1.09.45%E2%80%AFPM-1536x855.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18131042\/Screenshot-2024-02-18-at-1.09.45%E2%80%AFPM-120x67.png 120w, https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/18131042\/Screenshot-2024-02-18-at-1.09.45%E2%80%AFPM.png 1638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Kingdom witnessed a spending flowing past SAR100 billion ($26.6 billion) in the just first three quarters of 2023, according to the Saudi Central Bank. 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