Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia tops the list of G20 countries in the indicators of the growth rate of the number of international tourists and the growth rate of international tourism revenues according to the latest data for the first seven months of the year compared to the same period in 2019.

Saudi Arabia has once again registered the highest growth in international tourism figures, in the first seven months of this year, among the G20 countries, according to the latest data from the United Nations Tourism Organisation.

UN Tourism has brought together Ministers from the G20 economies to advance tourism policies and transform governance across the sector. Why is Saudi Arabia seen with different eyes and as a respected leader in the global sustainable tourism movement?

The Kingdom achieved a 56 per cent growth in the number of international tourists in 2023 compared to 2019, with the number of tourists reaching 27.4 million