The Ministry of Culture highlighted the “promising” number of museums in the country when compared to other Arab states. “While numbers are still below those of other countries such as the United Kingdom and Japan, which boast 47.9 and 45.3 museums per one million people, Saudi Arabia’s 8.6 museums per million still outshine numbers in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Morocco, which have 0.9, 1.3, and 1.2 museums per one million people respectively.” 

Domestic tourists took 10.5 mln trips to Saudi cultural sites in 2021: Report [Al-Arabiya]