On Wednesday, the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority organized an awareness workshop for the security services operating in various institutions in the Aqaba Governorate to discuss instructions for dealing with diving equipment and devices allowed to be brought in through the border crossings to facilitate tourists.

Polish ambassador speaks about potential for trade, tourism, humanitarian cooperation with Jordan,

More than 1,100 foreign tourists visited the Petra archaeological city on Wednesday, and this considers the highest number since the beginning of 2022, according to figures from the Petra Visitor Centre.

Wadi Rum, Jordan is a 720sqkm valley (wadi is the Arabic term for valley) in the south of Jordan. It’s also known as the Valley of the Moon.

With its rich, red sand and huge granite rock formations complete with Nabataean rock paintings, it looks like Mars.

The Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Nayef Al-Fayez, announced the discovery by a joint Jordanian-French scientific team of archaeologists of a unique facility in the world linked to the practice of religious rituals in the southeastern Badiya region in the Khashabiyeh Mountains in Jafr.

During an Interview with The Jordan Times  a German archaeologist said that By 2024, the Bait Rousan courtyard complex in the upper village of Gadara, which called Hara Foqa, will be restored in accordance with the preservation order.

 AMMAN — The Kingdom’s tourism revenue increased by 14.3 per cent in the first eight months of 2021 to JD958.8 million compared with the same period of 2020 that witnessed a decline of 70 per cent, the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) announced on Wednesday.

Jordan on Thursday said it was easing coronavirus-related restrictions on foreign visitors, taking a key step toward reviving its critical tourism industry.

 Tafileh s Afra Hot Springs has begun receiving visitors, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities mentioned in a decleration on Tuesday. The ministry highlighted efforts towards updating the site s base to be placed on the Jordanian tourism map.

Irbid anciently known as Arabella is Jordan s 2nd largest city located about 85 km (53 miles) north of Amman, In a 19th-century Ottoman castle, the Dar Al-Saraya Museum traces the city’s history through locally excavated objects like ceramics and stonework.

The number of Petra visitors in 2021 witnessed a 118% increase in comparison with 2020, which experienced a serious drop because of the pandemic, the Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA) declared on Sunday.

 AMMAN — Recent fieldwork at the vast desert region in north-eastern Jordan has revealed an immensely rich heritage of an area that is difficult to access and archaeologically less known, according to a Dutch archaeologist.

International Restrictions:

*Entry to Jordan: All passengers travelling by land and air must provide evidence of a negative PCR test within 72 hours of their scheduled time of departure to Jordan. You should arrange to take a private test. All arrivals through land, sea and air crossings from any country will be required to conduct a PCR test upon entering Jordan.

 Jordan s tourism revenues witnessed an increase of about $273 million in November 2021 compared with the same period in 2020 to reach $331.5 million, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

 AMMAN — Airport International Group (AIG) revealed that Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) welcomed 1,233,484 passengers (PAX) during the first half of 2021, marking a 20.9 per cent and 70.3 per cent decline against 2020 and 2019 figures, respectively.

Amman Citadel is a historical site at the center of downtown Amman, the capital of Jordan. The L-shaped hill is one of the seven hills that originally made up Amman.

  On Thursday "Royal Jordanian Airlines" launched "RJ Chauffeur", a convertible/taxi service that helps travellers book their RJ ticket and ride, to and from Queen Alia International Airport at "competitive prices", the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

 AMMAN — Following the intervention of Roman general Pompey the Great (106 BC-48 BC) in the Levant, Gerasa (Jerash) and Philadelphia (Amman) were integrated into a new province in the autumn of 63 BC, noted a French scholar during a lecture titled “Philadelphia-Amman: the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine City” recently organised by the French institute Ifpo.