AMMAN — The
Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority said on Sunday that 56,182 people visited Petra
this August, a 153 percent increase over the same period last year, according
to a local news outlet.
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According to the authority, the
number of foreign visitors to the city reached 41,468, while the number of
Jordanian and Arab visitors reached 14,714. In the same month last year, 22,171
visitors of all nationalities visited Petra.
The percentage of visitors in the
current year is nearly the same with that in 2019, which witnessed the highest
number of visitors — 66,437 of all nationalities — in the history of tourism in
Petra, according to the statistics.
Chief Commissioner of the Petra
Development and Tourism Region Authority
Suleiman Farajat said that the number
of visitors to Petra is expected to increase in the coming days, which coincides
with the start of the tourist season, “especially that the current year is
better than the past two years”.
Farajat stressed that the authority
is currently working with relevant authorities and local communities to
organize the archaeological site with a view to reducing cases of violation and
ensure that tourism is conducted in the best possible way, befitting the global
status of the city of Petra and reflecting its civilized image.
Farajat pointed out that a sales
point for tickets to enter the archaeological site has been created in the Siq
Al-Bared area, so that visitors can visit the Monastery Site, and that this
will contribute to facilitating the stay of the visitors, and diversifying the
tourist experience in Petra.
Meanwhile, the number of visitors to
the archaeological site in Jerash has increased by 217 percent from the
beginning of this year and until the end of August, compared to the same period
last year, Director of the Jerash Tourism Directorate Firas Khatatbeh was
reported as saying by Al-Mamlaka TV.
Khatatbeh said on Sunday that
165,500 people visited Jerash in the said period, compared to 52,121 in the
same period of 2021.
According to Khatatbeh, 18,000
people visited this archaeological site as part of the "Urdunna
Jannah" program. He said that Jerash is witnessing an active tourist
movement.
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