As of 2018, there was an estimated total of 87 million international tourist arrivals across the MENA region. This was the highest total since 2016, in a period in which international tourist arrivals increased consistently.
Total international tourist receipts across Middle East and North Africa region from 2015 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). (March 7, 2019). Total international tourist receipts across Middle East and North Africa region from 2015 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1044171/mena-tourist-receipts/
World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). "Total international tourist receipts across Middle East and North Africa region from 2015 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 7, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1044171/mena-tourist-receipts/
World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). (2019). Total international tourist receipts across Middle East and North Africa region from 2015 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1044171/mena-tourist-receipts/
World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). "Total International Tourist Receipts across Middle East and North Africa Region from 2015 to 2017 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1044171/mena-tourist-receipts/
World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism), Total international tourist receipts across Middle East and North Africa region from 2015 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1044171/mena-tourist-receipts/ (last visited June 01, 2024)
Total international tourist receipts across Middle East and North Africa region from 2015 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism), March 7, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1044171/mena-tourist-receipts/