The numbers, with their context.
Tourism visits and economic data from the supplied country records. Each measurement keeps its year and definition; no incompatible totals are added together.
| Country | Tourism visits | Year & metric | Nominal GDP (USD bn) | GDP per capita (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 29,300,000approximatelySA_TOUR | 2025Inbound tourists | 12802025SA_GDP | $34,536.72025 |
| UAE | 29,000,000more_thanAE_TOUR | 2024International visitors | 552.322024AE_GDP | $50,273.52024 |
| Kuwait | 2,600,000approximatelyKW_TOUR | 2024Reported international tourist arrivals | 157.212025KW_GDP | $32,312.32025 |
| Egypt | 19,000,000nearlyEG_TOUR | 2025International tourists reported by tourism ministry | 365.252025EG_GDP | $3,085.82025 |
| Qatar | 5,100,000approximatelyQA_TOUR | 2025International visitors | 215.562025QA_GDP | $72,524.92025 |
| Oman | 4,000,000approximatelyOM_TOUR | 2025Inbound visitors | 109.62025OM_GDP | $19,947.42025 |
| Lebanon | 1,635,490reported_exactLB_TOUR | 2025Tourist arrivals | 25.972024LB_GDP | $4,473.32024 |
| Turkey (Türkiye) | 63,920,000approximatelyTR_TOUR | 2025Departing visitors, including non-resident Turkish citizens | 16002025TR_GDP | $18,599.42025 |
| Bahrain | 7,300,000approximatelyBH_TOUR | 2025International overnight visitors | 48.972025BH_GDP | $30,596.62025 |
| Iraq | Not verifiednot_availableIQ_TOUR | Not verifiedComparable national international-tourist arrivals not verified | 254.372025IQ_GDP | $5,409.72025 |
Comparability is part of the data.
GDP means nominal total-economy GDP in current US dollars, not tourism GDP or purchasing-power-parity output.
Saudi Arabia
Excludes 93.3 million domestic tourists. Combined domestic and inbound total is not an international-arrivals count.
Confidence: High: ministry annual report via official news agency
GDP precision: Rounded from World Bank display of 1.28 trillion USD; not exact to the billion.
SA_TOURSA_GDPUAE
National figure, not Dubai-only arrivals. More than 29 million is a lower bound; national hotel guests include domestic guests and must not replace this series.
Confidence: High for reported threshold; metric detail limited
GDP precision: Rounded to the precision displayed on the World Bank country page.
AE_TOURAE_GDPKuwait
LSE reproduces 2.60 million for 2024; original statistical-series definition was not independently resolved. Do not substitute airport passenger counts.
Confidence: Medium: academic article citing Kuwait Central Statistical Bureau
GDP precision: Rounded to the precision displayed on the World Bank country page.
KW_TOURKW_GDPEgypt
Published as nearly 19 million; rounded rather than a precise border-count figure. Museum visits are not tourist arrivals.
Confidence: High: official government report
GDP precision: Rounded to the precision displayed on the World Bank country page.
EG_TOUREG_GDPQatar
Rounded annual inbound-visitor total; visitors arriving by air, land, and sea. Hotel room nights are a different measure.
Confidence: High: tourism authority annual report
GDP precision: Rounded to the precision displayed on the World Bank country page.
QA_TOURQA_GDPOman
Rounded inbound visitors; overnight-tourist versus same-day-visitor coverage is not fully specified in the cited article.
Confidence: Medium-high: NCSI statistics reported by state-owned newspaper
GDP precision: Rounded to the precision displayed on the World Bank country page.
OM_TOUROM_GDPLebanon
Ministry of Tourism arrivals reproduced through Bank Audi. Counts should not be equated with all passengers through Beirut airport.
Confidence: Medium-high: government trade agency citing Bank Audi and tourism ministry
GDP precision: Rounded to the precision displayed on the World Bank country page.
LB_TOURLB_GDPTurkey (Türkiye)
TurkStat visitor measure includes Turkish citizens resident abroad; not identical to foreign-national border arrivals. Rounded from 63.92 million.
Confidence: High: TurkStat statistics reported by Anadolu Agency
GDP precision: Rounded from World Bank display of 1.6 trillion USD; not exact to the billion.
TR_TOURTR_GDPBahrain
Overnight visitor series. Do not substitute all non-Bahraini border entries, which may include day visitors and resident movements.
Confidence: Medium-high: newspaper reporting official tourism/economic data
GDP precision: Rounded to the precision displayed on the World Bank country page.
BH_TOURBH_GDPIraq
No defensible comparable national 2024/2025 annual total was verified. Kurdistan domestic-plus-international visits, pilgrimage counts, and small archaeology-tour groups are not substitutes. Blank does not mean zero.
Confidence: Unavailable: unresolved comparable national total
GDP precision: Rounded to the precision displayed on the World Bank country page.
IQ_TOURIQ_GDP