AMMAN —
The Cabinet, in its session headed by Prime Minister
Bisher Al-Khasawneh, on
Wednesday approved a slew of measures to mitigate the Covid-19 pandemic’s
impact on the tourism sector and support continuity of its work.
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The procedures
included installing fees and to license tourism professions, manage and operate
tourist sites at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities,
Jordan’s Department of Antiquities (DoA), Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA), and Petra
Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA) until the end of 2022.
Each of the above
authorities sets the financial and legal guarantees necessary to complete the
full payment of the fees incurred in their favor, and is allowed to renew
licenses and contracts, with no financial fines imposed on those installment
procedures made at those government entities, per the Cabinet’s decision.
In addition, the
government’s procedures include exempting Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) members
from 55 of subscription and fines fees due for 2021, relieving the
beneficiaries from the 2022 fines, and authorizing the JTB to pay amounts owed
to its members.
On the other hand, the
Cabinet decided to appoint Mubarak Abdul Rahman Khalayleh as Secretary-General
of the
Civil Service Bureau (CSB).
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