{
  "slug": "mena-hospitality",
  "name": "MENA Hotels & Tourism",
  "updated": "2026-10-05",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/mena-hospitality",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: weekly card spending at hotel merchants (POS)",
      "value": "282808",
      "unit": "SAR thousand",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2026-08",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.sama.gov.sa/ar-sa/Statistics/Indices/POS/Weekly_Points_of_Sale_Transactions_Report_29th-Aug-2026.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: weekly number of card transactions at hotel merchants (POS)",
      "value": "866",
      "unit": "thousand transactions",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2026-08",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.sama.gov.sa/ar-sa/Statistics/Indices/POS/Weekly_Points_of_Sale_Transactions_Report_29th-Aug-2026.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: growth of licensed tourism hospitality facilities, year on year",
      "value": "34.2",
      "unit": "percent year on year",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025-Q4",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/20117/2435281/Tourism_Establishments_Statistics_Q4_of_2025_EN.pdf_fixed_13419785/08283ea6-b020-e20e-a0c8-e8b6c0539eaf?version=1.0&t=1775958820923"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: decline of external Umrah performers, quarter on quarter",
      "value": "79.7",
      "unit": "percent quarter on quarter decline",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025-Q2",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/d/guest/umrah-statistics-q2-2025-en-pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: share of external Umrah performers entering via airports",
      "value": "71.6",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025-Q2",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/d/guest/umrah-statistics-q1-2025-en-pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: male Umrah performers, total",
      "value": "3352506",
      "unit": "performers",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025-Q2",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/d/guest/umrah-statistics-q2-2025-en-pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: share of internal Umrah performers travelling with family",
      "value": "62.9",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025-Q2",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/d/guest/umrah-statistics-q2-2025-en-pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: internal Umrah performers originating in Makkah region",
      "value": "1773820",
      "unit": "performers",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025-Q2",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/d/guest/umrah-statistics-q1-2025-en-pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: revenue per available room (RevPAR), licensed hotels",
      "value": "300.51",
      "unit": "SAR per available room-night",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025-Q1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/20117/2435281/Tourism_Establishments_Statistics_Q4_of_2025_EN.pdf_fixed_13419785/08283ea6-b020-e20e-a0c8-e8b6c0539eaf?version=1.0&t=1775958820923"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: Umrah performers, total (internal and external)",
      "value": "15222497",
      "unit": "performers",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025-Q1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/d/guest/umrah-statistics-q2-2025-en-pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: share of accommodation and food service establishments using AI technologies",
      "value": "33.5",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/d/guest/establishments-ict-access-and-usage-statistics-2025-en-pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: accommodation and food service establishments selling or displaying goods online",
      "value": "39.3",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/d/guest/establishments-ict-access-and-usage-statistics-2025-en-pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: establishments with internet access",
      "value": "98.1",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/d/guest/establishments-ict-access-and-usage-statistics-2025-en-pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: Room occupancy rate, serviced apartments and other hospitality facilities",
      "value": "58.0",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2024-Q3",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/20117/2435281/Tourism+Establishments+Statistics+Q3+of+2025-EN.pdf/37b556e3-9266-9b28-10cb-a279237c1ad6?t=1767854138141"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: Licensed hotels",
      "value": "1971",
      "unit": "facilities",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2024-Q3",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/20117/2435281/Tourism+Establishments+Statistics+Q3+of+2025-EN.pdf/37b556e3-9266-9b28-10cb-a279237c1ad6?t=1767854138141"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Saudi Arabia: Average daily room rate, serviced apartments and other facilities",
      "value": "200",
      "unit": "SAR per room-night",
      "geo": "SA",
      "period": "2024-Q3",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/20117/2435281/Tourism+Establishments+Statistics+Q3+of+2025-EN.pdf/37b556e3-9266-9b28-10cb-a279237c1ad6?t=1767854138141"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Outbound tourism expenditures as share of total imports",
      "value": "3.56",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EG",
      "period": "2020",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ST.INT.XPND.MP.ZS?locations=TUR"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}