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Outbound tourism expenditure — all countries

Outbound tourism expenditure — Western Asia

Outbound tourism expenditure in Western Asia in 2020 — 56,191,000,000 US$. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 522.1%.

2020 56.19B US$ −49.36% vs 2019
World rank —
Period maximum 111B US$2019
Period minimum 8.86B US$1999

Trend over time

1998–2020 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — Western Asia, 1998–2020050B100B150B199820012004200720102013201620191998: 9,033,000,000 US$1999: 8,859,000,000 US$2000: 12,328,000,000 US$2001: 13,340,000,000 US$2002: 20,985,000,000 US$2003: 22,597,293,945 US$2004: 20,585,639,832 US$2005: 27,886,000,000 US$2006: 32,367,161,133 US$2007: 60,005,829,346 US$2008: 60,150,000,000 US$2009: 62,035,000,000 US$2010: 67,223,000,000 US$2011: 74,332,000,000 US$2012: 80,251,000,000 US$2013: 88,085,000,000 US$2014: 100,246,000,000 US$2015: 103,015,099,609 US$2016: 101,833,578,247 US$2017: 106,016,699,219 US$2018: 106,676,099,609 US$2019: 110,955,000,000 US$2020: 56,191,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +47.16B (+522.06%) Average annual rate: 8.66 %
Outbound tourism expenditure — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2020 56.19B −54.76B −49.36%
2019 111B +4.28B +4.01%
2018 107B +659M +0.62%
2017 106B +4.18B +4.11%
2016 102B −1.18B −1.15%
2015 103B +2.77B +2.76%
2014 100B +12.16B +13.81%
2013 88.09B +7.83B +9.76%
2012 80.25B +5.92B +7.96%
2011 74.33B +7.11B +10.58%
2010 67.22B +5.19B +8.36%
2009 62.04B +1.89B +3.13%
2008 60.15B +144M +0.24%
2007 60.01B +27.64B +85.39%
2006 32.37B +4.48B +16.07%
2005 27.89B +7.3B +35.46%
2004 20.59B −2.01B −8.9%
2003 22.6B +1.61B +7.68%
2002 20.99B +7.65B +57.31%
2001 13.34B +1.01B +8.21%
2000 12.33B +3.47B +39.16%
1999 8.86B −174M −1.93%
1998 9.03B — —

About the indicator

Spending by residents of the country abroad in current US dollars: accommodation, food, transport inside the country visited, and shopping. Together with receipts from inbound tourism it forms the tourism balance of the country — an important part of the services account of the balance of payments.

Source: Tourism Statistics (UN Tourism / UNWTO), license UN Tourism terms of use.

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