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Saudi Arabia sees 122.6M tourist arrivals in 2025; spending rises to SAR 303.7B
Domestic tourism drove a 5.8% rise in Saudi arrivals to 122.6M in 2025, with spending up 7% to SAR 303.7B. Inbound numbers slipped but per-tourist outlay rose. Hotel rooms surged 25% while rates dipped.
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Saudi Arabia's tourism sector posted 5.8% more arrivals in 2025, hitting 122.6 million. Spending climbed 7% to SAR 303.7 billion.
Domestic tourism drove the bulk of the growth. 93.3 million residents traveled inside the kingdom, up 8.3%. Inbound tourists fell 1.6% to 29.3 million. Yet inbound spending rose 4.8% to SAR 176.6 billion, a sign that each foreign visitor spent more.
Domestic spending reached SAR 127.1 billion, up 10.2%. Visits to friends and relatives plus leisure accounted for 73% of overnight domestic trips. Religious tourism spending jumped 32%.
Egypt sent the most inbound tourists at 3.2 million. Pakistan, the second-largest source market with 2.8 million visitors, topped spending at SAR 22 billion.