In 2021, business related travel expenses in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) amounted to approximately 15 billion U.S. dollars. Furthermore, the value of business travel spending in the GCC was the highest in 2019, valuing to 30 billion U.S. dollars.
Value of business travel spending in the Gulf Cooperation Council from 2012 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Alpen Capital. (August 3, 2022). Value of business travel spending in the Gulf Cooperation Council from 2012 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/674200/gcc-business-travel-spending/
Alpen Capital. "Value of business travel spending in the Gulf Cooperation Council from 2012 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. August 3, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/674200/gcc-business-travel-spending/
Alpen Capital. (2022). Value of business travel spending in the Gulf Cooperation Council from 2012 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/674200/gcc-business-travel-spending/
Alpen Capital. "Value of Business Travel Spending in The Gulf Cooperation Council from 2012 to 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/674200/gcc-business-travel-spending/
Alpen Capital, Value of business travel spending in the Gulf Cooperation Council from 2012 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/674200/gcc-business-travel-spending/ (last visited May 23, 2024)
Value of business travel spending in the Gulf Cooperation Council from 2012 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Alpen Capital, August 3, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/674200/gcc-business-travel-spending/