The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) released today the results of Tourism Establishments Statistics for Q3 of 2025. The findings indicate that the hotel room occupancy rate reached 49.1% during Q3 2025, representing an increase of 2.9 percentage points compared to the same quarter of 2024, when the occupancy rate was 46.1%. In contrast, the occupancy rate for serviced apartments and other hospitality facilities stood at 57.4% in Q3 2025, compared to 58.0% in the corresponding quarter of 2024, reflecting a decline of 0.5 percentage points.
Results indicated that the total number of licensed tourism hospitality facilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia amounted to 5,622 facilities during Q3 2025, an increase of 40.6% compared to the same quarter of 2024, when the number reached 3,998 facilities. Serviced apartments and other hospitality facilities constituted 52.6% of the total, with 2,955 facilities, while hotels accounted for 47.4%, totaling 2,667 hotels.
The average length of stay for hotel guests during Q3 2025 was approximately 4.1 nights, recording a decrease of 1% compared to the same quarter of 2024, when the average stay was 4.2 nights. Meanwhile, the average length of stay for guests in serviced apartments and other hospitality facilities reached about 2.1 nights during the same period, declining slightly by 0.2% compared to Q3 2024, according to the publication.
The publication also revealed that the total number of employees engaged in tourism activities during Q3 2025 reached around 1,009,691, marking a growth of 6.4% compared to the same quarter of 2024, when employment totaled 948,629 employees. Saudi employees accounted for 245,171 employees, representing 24.3% of the total, while non-Saudi workers numbered 764,520, or 75.7%. In terms of gender distribution, male employees totaled 875,658, accounting for 86.7% of the total, whereas female employees numbered 134,033, representing a participation rate of 13.3%.
It is worth noting that the Tourism Establishments Statistics for Q3 2025 are compiled from multiple sources to ensure comprehensive coverage of tourism activities in the Kingdom. These sources include administrative records, statistical surveys, and secondary data.
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- Failed at: ${carouselId} [in template "11099719610328#20119#59266" at line 139, column 27]
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1<section class="section pt-5">
2 <div class="read-also container">
3 <#if entries?has_content>
4
5 <h2 class="fs-3 fw-bolder pb-3">
6 <@liferay.language key="read-also" />
7 </h2>
8
9 <#assign
10 journalArticleLocalService = serviceLocator.findService("com.liferay.journal.service.JournalArticleLocalService")
11 StructureLocalService = serviceLocator.findService("com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.service.DDMStructureLocalService")
12 currentUrlParts = themeDisplay.getURLCurrent()?split("/")
13 currentUrlTitle = currentUrlParts[currentUrlParts?size - 1]
14 filteredEntries = []
15 />
16
17 <#list entries as entry>
18 <#assign
19 article = journalArticleLocalService.getLatestArticle(entry.classPK?number)
20 structure = StructureLocalService.getStructure(article.getDDMStructure().getPrimaryKey())
21 structureName = structure.getName()
22 />
23
24 <#if currentUrlTitle != article.urlTitle>
25 <#assign filteredEntries = filteredEntries + [entry] />
26 </#if>
27 </#list>
28
29 <#if filteredEntries?has_content>
30
31 <#assign
32 cardsPerSlide = 3
33 totalItems = filteredEntries?size
34 totalSlides = (totalItems / cardsPerSlide)?ceiling
35 portletId = themeDisplay.getPortletDisplay().getId()?replace("_", "")?replace("INSTANCE", "")
36 carouselId = "readAlsoCarousel_" + portletId
37 />
38
39 <div
40 id="${carouselId}"
41 class="carousel slide"
42 data-bs-ride="false"
43 data-bs-interval="false"
44 data-bs-touch="true"
45 >
46
47 <div class="carousel-inner">
48
49 <#list 0..(totalSlides - 1) as slideIndex>
50 <#assign
51 startIndex = slideIndex * cardsPerSlide
52 endIndex = startIndex + cardsPerSlide - 1
53 />
54
55 <#if endIndex gt totalItems - 1>
56 <#assign endIndex = totalItems - 1 />
57 </#if>
58
59 <div class="carousel-item <#if slideIndex == 0>active</#if>">
60 <div class="row g-4">
61
62 <#list startIndex..endIndex as itemIndex>
63 <#assign
64 entry = filteredEntries[itemIndex]
65 article = journalArticleLocalService.getLatestArticle(entry.classPK?number)
66 />
67
68 <div class="col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-4">
69 ${articleService.getContentByClassPK(entry.classPK?number, "50306")}
70 </div>
71 </#list>
72
73 </div>
74 </div>
75 </#list>
76
77 </div>
78
79 <div class="carousel-indicators position-static d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center gap-2 mt-4 mb-0 mx-0">
80 <#list 0..(totalSlides - 1) as slideIndex>
81 <#assign
82 startItem = (slideIndex * cardsPerSlide) + 1
83 endItem = startItem + cardsPerSlide - 1
84 />
85
86 <#if endItem gt totalItems>
87 <#assign endItem = totalItems />
88 </#if>
89
90 <button
91 type="button"
92 data-bs-target="#${carouselId}"
93 data-bs-slide-to="${slideIndex}"
94 class="rounded-circle m-0 flex-shrink-0 <#if slideIndex == 0>active</#if>"
95 style="width: 16px; height: 16px; padding: 0; opacity: 1; border: 2px solid <#if slideIndex == 0>#1b8354<#else>#d2d6db</#if>; background-color: <#if slideIndex == 0>#1b8354<#else>#ffffff</#if>;"
96 <#if slideIndex == 0>
97 aria-current="true"
98 </#if>
99 aria-label="عرض الأخبار من ${startItem} إلى ${endItem}">
100</button>
101 </#list>
102 </div>
103
104 </div>
105
106 </#if>
107
108 </#if>
109 </div>
110</section>
111<script>
112(function () {
113 function updateDotsStyle(carouselId) {
114 var carousel = document.getElementById(carouselId);
115
116 if (!carousel) {
117 return;
118 }
119
120 var dots = carousel.querySelectorAll('.carousel-indicators button');
121
122 dots.forEach(function (dot) {
123 dot.style.width = '16px';
124 dot.style.height = '16px';
125 dot.style.padding = '0';
126 dot.style.borderRadius = '50%';
127 dot.style.opacity = '1';
128
129 if (dot.classList.contains('active')) {
130 dot.style.backgroundColor = '#1b8354';
131 dot.style.border = '2px solid #1b8354';
132 } else {
133 dot.style.backgroundColor = '#ffffff';
134 dot.style.border = '2px solid #d2d6db';
135 }
136 });
137 }
138
139 var carouselId = '${carouselId}';
140
141 updateDotsStyle(carouselId);
142
143 var carousel = document.getElementById(carouselId);
144
145 if (carousel) {
146 carousel.addEventListener('slid.bs.carousel', function () {
147 updateDotsStyle(carouselId);
148 });
149
150 carousel.addEventListener('slide.bs.carousel', function () {
151 setTimeout(function () {
152 updateDotsStyle(carouselId);
153 }, 50);
154 });
155 }
156})();
157</script>