Executive Summary
of the Main Results of the Arrivals and Departures Survey for the Purposes of
Tourism 2006/2007
Executive Summary
of the Main Results of the Arrivals and Departures Survey for the Purposes of
Tourism 2006/2007
The Arrivals and Departures Survey results for the period July 2006 - June 2007 showed that the net income from tourism in Jordan was about JD.1039 millions.
This was accrued from tourist spending of non-residents in Jordan by about JD.1726 millions against spending by residents of Jordan abroad by JD.687 millions. The following is a summary of the main results:
First: Arrivals (Tourism Abroad):
1. The total number of arrivals to the Kingdom during the survey period was about 9.9 million people, and the number of residents arriving to Jordan (who made a tour outside Jordan and the requirements of international visitors apply to them *) were about 2.5 million people and constitute about 25% of the total number of arrivals to the Kingdom.
2. The percentage of Jordanians to the total arrivals residing in Jordan was about 81%, followed by resident Arab nationals at about 16% and foreign nationals at about 3%.
3. The main purpose of the visit abroad by residents in Jordan is to visit relatives and friends by 40%, then for the purpose of recreation and leisure hitting by 22%, crews and drivers by 13%, then for business about 12%, Umrah and Haj trips at about 9% and for the rest of purposes at about 4%.
4. Total tourism expenditure overseas by residents arriving from abroad including international transport fares was about JD. 913 million, while their spending excluding international transport fares was about JD. 687 million.
5. About 80% of tourist spending abroad is spent by non-resident Jordanians, about 15% is spent by resident Arab nationals and about 5% of tourism spending is spent by foreigners residing in Jordan abroad.
* Residing in Jordan and were abroad for any visit purpose except who has an interest or special work that generates an income.
6. Visits to relatives and friends represent the highest rate of total tourist spending abroad at about 32% of tourism spending, then for recreation by about 20%, and about 16% for business, about 12% for study, about 12% also for Haj and Umrah trips and about 8% for other purposes.
7. Average daily spending per person abroad was about JD. 21 excluding international transport fares and the average residence abroad was about 13 nights.
8. The highest spending excluding transport was for treatment and amounted to about JD.99 and the lowest spending average was for visiting relatives at about JD.12.
9. The highest average for residing abroad was for study and reached about 120 nights and the lowest average was for crews and drivers and reached 3 nights.
10. The spending average of Jordanian residents was about JD. 26 excluding international transport fares and the rate of their residence abroad was about 11 nights.
11. About 29% of resident arrivals stay from 1 - 3 nights abroad, about 24% of them stay from 4 - 7 nights, about 36% stay from 8-28 nights, and about 11% stay for more than 29 nights abroad.
12. About 63% of the arriving residents use
international Jordanian means of transport for arriving to Jordan and the
rest use international non-Jordanian means of transport.
13. About 91% of arriving residents visited Arab countries and the highest
country visited was Syria at about 40%, followed by Saudi Arabia at about
15%.
Second: Departures (Incoming Tourism):
1. The total number of departures from the Kingdom during the survey period was about 9.4 million persons. The number of non-resident people (who visited Jordan and the term of international visitors applies to them *) was about 7 million and constitute about 75% of the total number of departures from the Kingdom.
2. About 51% of the non-resident adult departments whose number was about 7 million persons were from Arab nationalities (non-Arab Gulf nationals), while the percentage of Gulf nationals was about 21%, the foreign nationals was about 16% and finally non-resident Jordanians by about 12%.
* Non-residents in Jordan and were on a visit to Jordan for any visit purpose except for the purposes of an interest or special work in Jordan that generates an income.
3. Out of the non-resident departures, about 53% were overnight tourists, about 42% were transit while the one – day visitors were about 5%.
4. The main purposes of the overnight tourists are visiting relatives and friends by about 46%, recreation and leisure by about 24%, business by 11%, treatment by about 6%, crews and drivers by 5% and about 8% for the rest of purposes.
5. The main purpose of the one - day visitors was for crews and drivers by about 52%, recreation by about 34%, about 8% for business and about 8% for the rest of purposes.
6. About 93% of the one – day visitors were foreigners, the purpose of their visit was for recreation while the rest for other purposes.
7. The total expenditure of non – resident visitors in Jordan (tourist income) was about JD. 2470 million including international transport fares, while their spending in Jordan excluding international transport fares was about JD.1726 million.
8. About 29% of Jordan's tourism income was accrued from visits by non-resident Jordanians, about 28% by other Arab visitors, about 24% by foreign visitors and about 19% by Gulf visitors.
9. The overnight tourist spending in Jordan constitutes about 97% of the tourism income and transit and one-day visitors about 3%.
10. Visits to relatives and friends constitute the highest average of Jordan's tourism income from the overnight tourists which reached about 42%, recreation by about 23%, treatment by about 12%, study by about 10%, business by about 9% and the rest purposes by about 4%.
11. The over night average spending in Jordan excluding international transport fares was about JD. 33 and the one – day visitors was about JD. 56 and the transit was about JD.14.
12. The highest spending average excluding international transport fares for the overnight tourists was for the foreign visitors and was about JD.44, Gulf nationals was about JD.43, other Arabs JD.33 and finally the non – resident Jordanians reached about JD.24.
13. The highest spending rate excluding the international transport fares was for the overnight tourists for the purpose of treatment at about JD.83 and the lowest spending rate in Jordan was for crews and drivers at about JD.13.
14. The highest spending average excluding international transport fares for the one - day visitors was by foreign visitors at about JD.116, the Gulf nationals at about JD.48, then other Arabs at about JD.20.
15. The average spending of the transit passengers excluding international transport fares was about JD.14, and the average of their hourly stay in Jordan was about 5 hours.
16. The average residence of the overnight tourists in Jordan was about 14 nights, the highest average of non - resident Jordanians stay was about 24 nights, the Gulf nationals and foreigners about 11 nights while for other Arabs was about 10 nights.
17. The highest residence rate in Jordan was for the over - night tourists coming for study has reached 51 days, then for visiting relatives about 17 nights. The lowest stay average was for crews and reached four nights.
18. About 27% of the overnight tourists stay 1-3 nights in Jordan, about 26% stay 4 - 7 nights, about 35% stay 8-28 nights and about 12% stay more than 29 nights.
19. About 36% of the overnight tourists stay in hotels and hotel apartments during their visit to Jordan, about 35% of them stay with relatives and friends, while about 12% of them stay in owned apartments and about 12% in rented apartments.
20. About 75% of the international visitors use international land means of transport for departure, about 19% of them use international air transport and about 6% use marine means of transport.
21. International non-Jordanian means of transport constitute the highest average used by international visitors from the Kingdom at about 71% and about 29% of them use Jordanian means of international transport.
22. About 47% of the international visitors travel alone while about 33% of them travel with family such as spouses and children and the rest as work colleagues and other relatives.
23. About 82% of the international visitors considered their journey to Jordan as a totally enjoyable, and the highest satisfaction percentage was for foreign visitors at about 88%.
24. The Queen Alia International Airport occupies the highest percentage of tourism income to Jordan received from departing international visitors by about 53%, followed by Al-Omari port by about 16%, Jaber port and the King Hussein Bridge at same percentage of about 9% and the rest of the centers by about 14%.