The number of tourists who visited the Kingdom in 2013 witnessed a 14% decrease compared to a year earlier, according to official figures, as reported by Jordan Times. An official report showed that 5,388,917 tourists visited Jordan in 2013, a drop from 6,314,250 in 2012.
Figures showed that there was a 32.9% drop in number of same-day visitors, with 1,443,557 tourists coming to the country last year, compared with 2,151,883 in 2012. There also was a 5.2% drop in the number of overnight visitors in 2013, when 3,495,360 tourists came to Jordan, compared with 4,162,367 tourists a year before.
The regional turmoil is still the main reason to blame for the drop in number of overall visitors to the Kingdom, according to Abed Al Razzaq Arabiyat, director general of Jordan Tourism Board. The number of European tourists was lower than in previous years due to the impact of the economic crisis, citing figures issued by the UN World Tourism Organisation.
Only 671,599 Europeans visited Jordan last year, a 12.5% drop compared to 2012, according to the figures. Arab tourists topped the list of visitors to the Kingdom last year, with 3,083,848 visitors. The majority of Arab tourists were from Saudi Arabia, standing at 1,079,361 visitors.
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