The area of the Middle East annually receives about 60 million tourists. Do you want to know which are the most visited countries in the area? Let's start by mentioning Egypt, a nation that receives 14,050,000 tourists a year. This Arab nation, located in the extreme northeast of the continent, is an ancestral country, which was the cradle of the Empire of Ancient Egypt, a great civilization that today allows us to visit its spectacular pyramids, the great sphinx and the temples of Karnak or the Valley of the Kings. In Egypt you can also go for walks along the Nile River or a safari through the Sahara Desert. One of the most touristic cities, it is the capital of Cairo, as well as the city of Alexandria.
Second we find Saudi Arabia, a nation that receives 10,85 million tourists annually. It is an Islamic kingdom, bathed by the waters of the Red Sea, where you can visit sacred places for Muslims, such is the case of the mosques of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina. It is important to point out that the majority of visitors who come here are exclusively Muslims, since the access of people of other faiths is restricted to the holy cities.
Syria receives 8,55 million tourists a year. This country bathed by the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, is a destination where archaeological and anthropological tourism can be practiced as we can learn more about populations such as Sunni, Druze, Alawite, Shiite, Assyrian, Armenian, Turkish and Kurdish.
In fourth place the United Arab Emirates with 7,43 million visitors. Obviously the most visited place in the nation is Dubai.