AMMAN — An unprecedented 98 percent occupancy rate
recorded in Aqaba hotels this weekend underpinned that concerts play a
significant role in revitalizing the tourism activity in the southern Red Sea
resort city, tourism experts argued.
اضافة اعلان
Vice President of the
Jordan Hotels Association
Hussein Al-Hilalat told
Jordan News that “the cooperation and support of
the Ministry of Tourism with the Jordan Tourism Board, Aqaba Special Economic
Zone Authority and the Jordan Hotels Association, resulted in art, cultural and
sports activities, and played a major role in reinvigorating the tourism
movement.”
He said that “promotional and attractive activities
for domestic and foreign tourism became evident during the summer, when several
events were convened, such as the Jerash Festival, Fuheis Festival, and
others.”
“The role of the association is limited to
revitalizing tourism by monitoring hotels through inspection tours to ascertain
the level of hygiene, services provided and prices,” Hilalat explained.
He said: “There is an annual calendar of sporting,
artistic and recreational activities distributed throughout the year to various
regions of the Kingdom to work to stimulate the tourist movement.”
Tourism sector investor Nidal Milu Al-Ain told
Jordan
News that “conferences, events, and cultural and artistic activities
contribute to the revival of many sectors, including hotels, restaurants and
transportation.”
“The positive impact on the Kingdom’s tourism sector
is crucial and evident,” he added.
Milu Al-Ain explained that hotels “serve food, and
in this way, hotels contribute to supporting the food and the agricultural
sectors.”
“It is obvious that the tourism impact is felt in
all vital sectors”, he added.
He also noted that “the recovery of economic
movement and the revitalizing of the economy are closely linked in the tourism
recovery”.
Bassam Issa, an
owner of a local tourism company, told
Jordan News that “cultural and
artistic activities attract a large percentage of tourists from inside and
outside Jordan.”
According to Issa, “the average amount spent by a
tourist, during his stay, ranges from JD350 to JD700 for two to three days.”
Khalil Farrayeh, spokesperson of the Aqaba
Development Corporation, told
Jordan News that the “recent increase in
tourism’s traffic in
Aqaba is due to the artistic concerts that had a
significant impact on driving tourism, in addition to the sports activities
that also have a positive impact on tourism.”
Farrayeh explained that “greater attention must be
paid to the culture of fishing, desert and maritime sports to serve as a
catalyst for encouraging local tourism of citizens periodically throughout the
year”.
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