AMMAN — The Kingdom’s tourism income posted “strong” growth in November 2025, rising by 12.6 per cent to $606.6 million, according to preliminary figures issued by the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ).

 

Tourism receipts during the first 11 months of 2025 increased by 7 per cent to $7.2 billion, marking a recovery from a 3.1 per cent decline recorded in the same period last year, when revenues stood at $6.691 billion.

 

The CBJ attributed the rise to a 14.7 per cent increase in tourist arrivals. Income from European visitors surged by 36.1 per cent during the January–November period, while revenues from Asian tourists climbed by 34.3 per cent, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

 

Receipts from American visitors rose by 18.4 per cent, Arab tourists by 3.6 per cent and other nationalities by 33.4 per cent. By contrast, tourism income from Jordanians living abroad fell slightly by 0.8 per cent.

 

Spending on outbound tourism also increased, with Jordanians’ expenditure on travel abroad rising by 11.4 per cent in November 2025 to $146.1 million, while spending over the first 11 months of the year grew by 5.5 per cent to $1.887 billion, the figures showed.