Tourism in Jazan Province

Tourism in Jazan Province relies on several natural, historical, and heritage elements of the area located southwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in addition to the service infrastructure. Its geographical, environmental, and climatic diversity, including mountains, plains, valleys, and beaches, contributes to attracting tourists throughout the year. Jazan Province has a coastline extending from al-Shaqiq Center in the north to al-Muwassam Center, bordering the Republic of Yemen in the south, with a length of approximately 250 km.

Farasan Island is considered one of the oldest tourist attractions in the province, especially on its western coast. It hosts the annual al-Hareed annual tourist festival. The province also includes historical sites visited by tourists, such as al-Dosariyah Castle and al-Najdi Mosque, in addition to parks like Wadi Lajab Park, Wadi Jazan Dam Park, and Wadi Baysh Dam Park.

The number of incoming flights to Jazan Province reached 23,000 in 2019, transporting 2.6 million passengers. The province recorded tourism spending exceeding SAR2.8 billion. The number of hotels in Jazan Province reached sixty-three hotels with 2,891 hotel rooms, with an average occupancy rate of 56 percent. The number of furnished residential units reached 358 with an average occupancy rate of 57 percent. It boasts road networks exceeding 6,326 km in length.

Jazan Province hosts several entertainment, cultural, and social programs and events across its governorates. In 2019, six events were held over fifteen days, with an attendance reaching 463,044 persons. The province hosts several festivals, including the Mango Festival, which showcases a variety of mangoes alongside tropical fruits such as figs, papaya, guava, and bananas grown in the province. Another highlight is the Jazan Winter Festival, held under the slogan "Jazan of Jasmine (Jasminum sambac) is everyone's Winter resort" offering diverse programs, activities, events, and theatrical performances. This festival emphasizes the region's rich folk heritage and presents it as a tourist product through Jazan Heritage Village on the southern corniche, which has become one of the province's iconic landmarks.

January marks the peak tourist season in Jazan Province, thanks to its moderate weather and the launch of several festivals, including Jazan Winter Festival, Honey Festival in al-'Idabi Governorate, where the region produces over fifteen types of honey, totaling approximately six hundred t annually, and the Coffee Festival in al-Da'ir Governorate of Bani Malik showcasing the region's annual production of 685,536 kg of Khawlani coffee from farms across mountainous governorates of the province.

Jazan is characterized by the fertility of its lands, with an area suitable for agriculture exceeding twenty thousand ha, nourished by more than thirty valleys, some of which run most seasons of the year. The most important of these valleys are Wadi Baysh, Wadi Jazan, Khalab, Ta'shar, Damad, and Sabya, in addition to the Wadi Jazan Dam.

The mountainous highlands represent a distinctive tourist destination due to their picturesque nature, moderate climate, continuous rainfall, agricultural terraces, and natural forests in the mountains of Fayfa, al-Aridhah, Bani Malik, al-'Idabi, al-Raith, Harub, Al Talid, Al Ali, Al Khalid, al-Hashr, al-Jabal al-Aswad, Qais, and al-Abadel. They are distinguished by their waterfalls, valleys, and hot springs. These highlands are famous for cultivating coffee, bananas, olives, and aromatic plants.