10 Middle Eastern Countries with the Most Tourists

Which countries in the region of the Middle East receive the most tourists annually?
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Tourists
Country
18.0 mil
Saudi Arabia
14.8 mil
United Arab Emirates
9.1 mil
Turkey
5.2 mil
Iran
3.8 mil
Jordan
Tourists
Country
2.9 mil
Qatar
2.8 mil
Israel
1.5 mil
Lebanon
1.5 mil
Oman
0.8 mil
Bahrain
10 Comments
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Level 63
Sep 19, 2017
What about Turkey?
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Level 67
Feb 22, 2018
I know I was wondering about that too.
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Level 70
Aug 3, 2020
Yeah I was also wondering that.
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Level 72
Mar 2, 2018
I would disagree with two things in this quiz. Turkey is in the Middle East and receives more tourists than any other country there, including the UAE and Saudi. And second, the only part of Egypt that's in the Middle East is the Sinai, once you go past that it becomes North Africa which is where the pyramids, Abu Simbel, and the majority of it's tourist attractions are located. The only locations in the Sinai that receive many tourists that I'm aware of are Sharm El Sheik and St Catherine's monastery. So do those two Middle Eastern Egyptian locations really get enough tourists to hold that spot as indicated above?
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Level 44
Jun 10, 2022
all of egypt is middle eastern
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Level 72
Mar 2, 2018
Also fairly surprised to see Iran here. I thought it's tourism industry was more or less in it's infancy.
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Level 66
Jan 13, 2020
Not sure if you should count Egypt as middle east...
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Level 70
Aug 3, 2020
Egypt is not in the middle East
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Level 46
Mar 29, 2023
yes it is
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Level 68
Jun 9, 2024
The region in question was once known as the Near East. Just about everyone knows what is meant by Far East; the term still conjures up images of Japan and China. The Middle East was once considered to be that region between the Near East and the Far East. That meant that the Middle East included Persia, the Indian Subcontinent, and Burma. All of these terms were used from a European perspective. They worked.