MUSCAT, 2nd February, 2025 (WAM) -- The data issued by the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat) in December 2024 revealed that about 68.1 million international tourists visited the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries by the end of 2023, with an increase rate of 42.8 percent compared to the figures recorded in 2019.

The data mentioned in the "Travel and