Saudi Arabia targets over 70 mln tourism visits in 2022: Official

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Saudi Arabia targets more than 70 million tourist visits in 2022 after attracting 62 million tourists last year, Fahd Hamidaddin, CEO of Saudi Tourism Authority, told Reuters on the sidelines of Arabian Travel Market held in Dubai.

He added that visits to the Kingdom were up 130% in the first quarter of 2022, compared to Q4 2019.

“I think our record-high domestic travel was last year. And on general recovery of total travel, we outperformed the globe, we outperformed the region in terms of recovery -- we reached 72% of pre-pandemic levels,” Hamidaddin said. 
 

“We’re very pleased to see Dubai successful, just like Jordan, just like Egypt, all recovering and growing. And we want to play our role -- and we believe that our success is success for everyone,” the top official concluded.