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Saudi Arabia

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Saudi Arabia is a tourism destination in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

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International Tourist Arrivals

29,254,787

Latest verified value · 2025

International Tourism Receipts

$46.3B

Latest verified value · 2024

Tourism Direct Share of GDP

4.9%

Latest verified value · 2024

TCTI Destination Profile

Growing tourism destination

Saudi Arabia has experienced rapid long-term tourism growth. This profile is calculated from the best available annual and monthly tourism records currently held by TCTI.

Executive tourism profile for Saudi Arabia

Profile confidence

50

/ 100

Confidence reflects the intelligence modules currently supported by compatible source data.

Growth profile

Rapid growth

Seasonality profile

Not yet available

What this means

  • Rapid visitor growth may increase demand for accommodation, transport, infrastructure, and destination management.

The destination profile combines TCTI's available growth and seasonality intelligence. Confidence reflects whether both compatible annual-arrivals and monthly-tourist-night datasets are available.

Tourism Intelligence

Executive summary

A concise interpretation of the strongest official tourism records currently available for Saudi Arabia.

4 indicators available
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
High income

Saudi Arabia is a tourism destination in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

International tourist arrivals were 29,254,787 in 2025. International tourism receipts were $46.3B in 2024. Tourism's direct contribution to GDP was 4.9% in 2024. Tourism's direct share of employment was 5.4% in 2025.

The figures shown here are drawn from OECD and UN Tourism. Reporting years may differ between indicators because TCTI displays the strongest verified or published value currently available for each measure.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism growth

How international tourist arrivals changed between 2015 and 2025.

TCTI Growth Insight

Rapid growth

Confidence

95%

Saudi Arabia's international tourist arrivals increased by 62.6% between 2015 and 2025. This is equivalent to an average annual growth rate of +5%. The sharpest annual decline was 76.4% in 2020.

Total growth

+62.6%

2015 to 2025

Average annual growth

+5%

Compound annual growth rate

Starting arrivals

18M

Reported in 2015

Latest arrivals

29.3M

Reported in 2025

Largest annual increase

+378.5%

Change recorded in 2022

Largest annual decline

-76.4%

Change recorded in 2020

What this means

  • Long-term growth trends can indicate changes in destination popularity.
  • Growth should be interpreted alongside seasonality, visitor spending, and tourism dependence.

Growth is calculated using the earliest and latest available international arrivals data held by TCTI. Results may reflect gaps or methodological changes in the underlying series.

Key Tourism Indicators

Tourism performance at a glance

Verified tourism indicators currently available for Saudi Arabia. Reporting years may differ by dataset.

2025

International Tourist Arrivals

29,254,787

OECD · 2025

OECD Inbound Tourism

VerifiedCurrent
2024

International Tourism Receipts

$46.3B

UN Tourism · 2024

International Tourism Receipts

VerifiedCurrent
2024

Tourism Direct Share of GDP

4.9%

OECD · 2024

OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators

VerifiedCurrent
2025

Tourism Employment Share

5.4%

OECD · 2025

OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators

VerifiedCurrent

Rankings & Comparisons

How Saudi Arabia compares

Positions use each country's best currently available official record. Years can differ, so use these as directional benchmarks rather than synchronized league tables.

Data Availability

67% dashboard coverage

4 of 6 dashboard indicators currently have usable official data for Saudi Arabia.

4 current0 reporting lag0 historical

Available

  • ✓International Tourist Arrivals · 2025 · Current
  • ✓International Tourism Receipts · 2024 · Current
  • ✓Tourism Direct Share of GDP · 2024 · Current
  • ✓Tourism Employment Share · 2025 · Current

Not Yet Available

  • ○Tourist Nights
  • ○Resident Tourism Trips

Official Sources

Data sources used for Saudi Arabia

These organizations and datasets provide the indicators currently displayed on this country dashboard.

✓

OECD

Latest displayed year: 2025

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourist Arrivals
  • • Tourism Direct Share of GDP
  • • Tourism Employment Share

Datasets

  • OECD Inbound Tourism
  • OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
✓

UN Tourism

Latest displayed year: 2024

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourism Receipts

Datasets

  • International Tourism Receipts
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Historical Trend

International arrivals over time

Annual international tourist arrivals reported for Saudi Arabia. Values are shown in millions.

Source: OECDYears: 2015–2025Annual data

Dataset: OECD Inbound Tourism

About the Data

Best available official data

TCTI evaluates available tourism records by reporting status, year, source priority, official-source status, and publication history. The dashboard displays the strongest available record while preserving historical observations and alternative sources in the database.