The General Authority for Tourism and National Heritage in Makkah confirmed the growth in the volume of expected investments in the accommodation sector, and the Director General of the General Authority for Tourism and National Heritage in Makkah, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Omari, explained that there are 11 projects for international investments in the accommodation sectors that will pump more than 2800 new hotel rooms.
On the economics of tourism, Al-Omari predicted that the expenditures of the tourism sector in the Kingdom in general during the current year 2016 will reach 144.3 billion riyals for local and expatriate tourists, while 86.4 billion riyals are expected for outbound tourism.
Al Omari emphasized that the tourism sector in the Kingdom is the second largest sector to which the eyes of observers are directed in all visions and strategies to create economic sectors away from the dominant oil resource for long periods, pointing out that the lion's share of the expected spending for expatriate and local tourists will be Jeddah by (11 %)
. He pointed out that the figures and statistics indicate an optimistic future for the local tourism industry, especially related to the city of Jeddah, as the actual figures for 2015 for the city of Jeddah show that there is a growth in domestic tourist trips to it by (21 %) compared to 2014, and Jeddah accounts for (29 %) of the total number of domestic tourist trips to the Makkah region.
Jeddah is one of the most important tourist destinations in the Makkah region, and it is one of the most important tourist destinations in the region.
According to statistical data from MAS, experts expect domestic tourism to achieve tourism for the year 2016 to achieve expenditures of 53.5 billion riyals for local tourism, and about 90.8 billion riyals from inbound tourism, and it is clear that we have in the Kingdom a new development gate, which needs care and tourism development, which is what the Authority focused on to comply with the Kingdom's Vision 2030, and this has been clearly shown in the great attention that tourism has received, making it take an essential and key part in the Saudi Vision and the National Transformation Program, which provides investment opportunities for businessmen in the tourism sector in the Kingdom.
According to the statistical data from MAS, according to the experts.
Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Omari pointed out that the directives of HRH Prince Sultan bin Salman, Chairman of the Authority, emphasize the importance of supporting investors and ensuring the provision of the best international and local hotels to benefit and upgrade the level of the tourism industry.
Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Omari
