International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) - Country Ranking - Middle East
Definition: International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Source: World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 8,695,000,000.00 | 2018 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 8,533,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Qatar | 6,742,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 6,696,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Iraq | 4,172,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Israel | 1,804,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Bahrain | 1,720,000,000.00 | 2019 |
| 8 | Lebanon | 1,671,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 9 | Turkey | 1,040,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Oman | 1,036,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 888,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Pakistan | 848,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 774,000,000.00 | 2011 |
| 14 | Jordan | 381,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Turkmenistan | 125,000,000.00 | 1997 |
| 16 | Kyrgyz Republic | 89,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Yemen | 49,000,000.00 | 2016 |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 30,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Tajikistan | 3,500,000.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Gap-filled total
Periodicity: Annual
