Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s resort room occupancy price rose to 63% within the first quarter of 2025, up 2.1 proportion factors from the identical interval in 2024, in accordance with the Tourism Institutions Statistics Publication launched by the Normal Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).
In distinction, the occupancy price for serviced flats and different hospitality services dropped to 50.7%, down 3.8 proportion factors in comparison with Q1 2024.
The report additionally confirmed a combined pattern in room pricing. The common every day room price in accommodations fell by 3.4% year-on-year, reaching SR477, whereas serviced flats and comparable services noticed a rise of seven.2%, bringing the typical price to SR209.
Concerning visitor habits, the typical size of keep in accommodations in the course of the fourth quarter of 2024 remained unchanged at 4.1 nights. Nonetheless, the typical keep in serviced flats and different hospitality services decreased by 4.5% to 2.1 nights.
Tourism employment noticed a notable uptick, with 983,253 people working in tourism-related actions throughout Q1 of 2025, reflecting a 4.1% improve in comparison with the identical quarter final 12 months.
Of the entire, 243,369 had been Saudi nationals, representing 24.8% of the workforce, whereas non-Saudis made up the remaining 75.2% with 739,884 staff.
Males accounted for 86.8% of all employees within the tourism sector, totaling 853,852, whereas ladies represented 13.2% or 129,401 staff.
The tourism sector comprised 5.4% of the entire nationwide workforce in Q1 of 2025, a slight lower of 0.3 proportion factors in comparison with Q1 of 2024. Within the non-public sector, tourism staff made up 8.1% of the workforce, down 0.6 proportion factors year-on-year.