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AIR TRAVEL
HOTEL PIPELINE 171,650+ Rooms (Q3, 2025) +18% Growth to 2027 358,000 Rooms planned MICE & BUSINESS TRAVEL $3.54BN MICE market size (2026) 9.82% CAGR $5.65bn by 2031 +55% Total business travel spend (2025)
CRUISE SECTOR 10 Cruise destinations by 2030 1.33MN Cruise passengers by 2037 THE SAUDI TRAVELLER 9.6MN Outbound trips (2025) +7% Outbound nights growth 110MN Nights by 2030 $27.5BN Outbound spend (2025) 8.2% CAGR $47.8bn by 2032 19TH Largest outbound market globally
Passengers 140MN 2025 +9.6% YoY 330mn by 2030 Global connectivity 2nd busiest route globally 2025 Jeddah-Cairo: 5.8mn seats 176 Destinations (2025) 250+ by 2030
10.4BN Inbound business
travel value +65.6% YoY 10% Exhibitions growth 2020-2025 +$2.67BN GDP impact
Sources: Vision 2030 Annual Report 2025; Saudi Ministry of Tourism; Saudi GASTAT; WTTC; GACA; Mordor Intelligence; OAG; Coherent Market Insights, Knight Frank, Tourism Economics
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