Travel and tourism in the region is projected to contribute $367.3bn to the regional economy and support 7.7 million jobs in 2025
This surge follows a robust performance in 2023, when the kingdom welcomed 27.4 million tourists, a 56 per cent rise from 2019
In 2023, the travel and tourism sector accounted for 9.1 per cent share of the global GDP with a workforce of nearly 330 million
The global tourism body also forecasts that the sector will recover to 95 per cent of the 2019 job level