AMMAN — A Russian plane carrying 220 tourists arrived at the King Hussein
International Airport in Aqaba on Sunday.
The
plane is the first of a series of weekly flights to the Kingdom that will
continue until the end of the year, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
اضافة اعلان
According
to a press statement released by the Tourism Promotion Authority, on Saturday, Minister
of Tourism and Antiquities Nayef Hamidi Al-Fayez said that Jordan is more than
ready to receive tourists from abroad and that the Kingdom is seeing low rates
of
COVID-19.
Abdul
Razzaq Arabiyat, director general of the Tourism Promotion Authority, stated
that groups of Russian visitors came through the “
Travco Jordan” company for
inbound tourism.
He
added that tourists would continue to arrive in Aqaba and that the Russian
aviation authorities removing Jordan from their list of countries vulnerable to
COVID-19 has helped facilitate travel. He also said that the arrival of foreign
tourists indicates a positive future for the tourism industry.
Arabiyat
also highlighted government measures and incentives given to planes flying into
Aqaba, adding that they have significantly contributed to the growth of inbound
tourism.
“In
the upcoming period, we expect a rise in the number of Russian planes carrying
tourists coming to the Kingdom,” Arabiyat said.
Meanwhile,
Paolo Nocherino, general manager of Travco, said: “Tourists’ arrival is a
result of joint efforts made by the company and the Jordan Tourism Board.”
“Our
work comes as part of a real effort that we have sought with the Russian
aviation authorities to put Jordan on the map of Russian tourism at present,
and to remove Jordan from the list of areas vulnerable to infection,” said
Nocherino.
Nocherino
called on hotels to offer competitive prices compared to those provided by
hotels in neighboring countries.
Tourism
to the Kingdom was hard hit by the pandemic, with Jordan seeing its first
tourism flight since the pandemic started, arrive at the King Hussein International Airport on
May 1, carrying tourists from Bulgaria.
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