The General Authority for Entertainment has announced the latest statistics on Riyadh Season, including hotel occupancy rate and reservations, the number of tourists and visitors in addition to financial operations in the city of Riyadh, as monitored by the Saudi Payments Network "Mada". The number of tourists reached 100 thousand and the number of visitors reached five million and six hundred thousand until last Thursday evening. An official report by the Saudi Payments Network "Mada" showed an increase of financial operations in Riyadh city by more than 333 thousand transactions through 201 thousand bank cards during Riyadh Season last October with an amount exceeding 156 million riyals. 5 percent of the operations were carried by visitors from outside the Kingdom.
