According to a recent article in The Telegraph, Kuwait is one of the top 20 fastest growing travel destinations in the world. The article doesn’t mention why or how that came to be, and I also couldn’t find their original source of data, so I don’t really have more more information other than the ranking. Kuwait was also the only Arab country to appear on the list which you can check out below:
The top 20 fastest growing travel destinations
1- Sierra Leone +310%
2- Nepal +39.7%
3- Iceland +39%
4- South Korea +30.3%
5- Moldova +28.6%
6- Chile +26%
7- Vietnam +24.6%
8- Japan +21.8%
9- Liechtenstein +21.7%
10- Kiribati +21.6%
11- Kuwait +20.7%
12- Madagascar +20%
13- Cyprus +19.8%
14- Georgia +19%
15- Turks & Caicos +17.5%
16- Cook Islands +17.1%
17- Slovakia +16.9%
18- Kenya +16.8%
19- Tanzania +15.6%
20- Indonesia +15.5%
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20 replies on “Kuwait is One of the Fastest Growing Travel Destinations”
well the statistics would be based on how frequent people travel “from” instead of “to”
HAHAH was just thinking the same
You have misunderstood the stats.
That was really funny, but still the article states “destination”
So i think you are wrong, and untill we see another source to clear the delima
Earlier 50 tourist now 250
So 5 times growth….
Thats how fastest!!!!
I am a Proud Kuwaiti. This makes me more Proud of my country.
Not surprised as the total throughput of locals and expats traveling in and out of the country (since nobody seems to want to stay here longer than necessary) are boosting the stats.
There has been a rise of tourism in Kuwait over the past few years. More tourists are coming here, as illustrated by the rising hotel occupancy rates and the recent cultural revival.
The statistics are NOT measuring airport traffic of external travelers to other countries for tourism.
Joe, you seem to have misunderstand and misinterpreted the list.
Your claim of increased tourism to Kuwait sounds like wishful thinking to me.
The numbers speak for themselves. Saudi, Qatari, Bahraini, Emirati and Omani nationals are filling our country every weekend and holiday. To them, Kuwait is a wonderful destination for leisure and culture.
I work in a field where increased tourism has a direct effect on us and he’s right, there is increased tourism. It’s mainly from the GCC which people think doesn’t count for whatever reason but those people spend money here too.
Maybe it is growth because of an increase of tourists from other GCC countries? Seems the logical explanation, as well as visibly on the roads, in the hotels, and in the malls.
+1
It’s not surprising when you consider there are 3 million foreigners who travel to their countries and back during holidays. Since the list doesn’t provide any details, those are probably considered “visitors” and not long term residents who travel back and forth, not to mention the Kuwaitis who go to Dubai and back almost every weekend.
Exactly!
Doesn’t make sense. I see the same people. Perhaps tourists from GCC countries?
On a more personal experience I have friends who left Kuwait and friends who visited Kuwait once and they do not want to come back. Lol
Guys it’s GCC tourism driven mainly by the malls and restaurants. If you go to the Avenues for example on a weekend night it’s a good 50% Non-Kuwaiti GCC visitors. Certain restaurants have an almost entirely GCC base on weekends. They’re also the only people actually booking hotel rooms.
Most foreigners here can’t tell the difference so they say things like “you’re wrong” despite the proof if they look a bit harder 🙂
Exactly!
Unable to understand why anyone from the rest of the GCC with the exception of Saudis, would want to visit Kuwait as a tourist destination.
Saudis, Bahrainis and qataris, they love it here.