AMMAN—Tourism
Minister
Nayef Al-Fayez met on Wednesday with the chair and members of the
Parliamentary Tourism and Antiquities Committee to review the national tourism
strategy 2021 to 2025, aimed at stimulate the sector, particularly in light of
significant losses reported since
COVID-19 emerged.
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Fayez said that 2020
has seen 76 percent decline in tourism due to the pandemic, placing the tourism
sector among the most impacted.
The 2021-2025 strategy
was developed in partnership with the private sector and aims to raise the
number of incoming tourists, increase the sector’s revenue, and create more
employment opportunities. The aim is to
“come as close as possible to the great results achieved in 2019 in relation to
tourism activity,” said Fayez.
The end goal,
according to Fayez, is to grow the tourism sector’s contribution to the GDP and
make up for the shortfall of the past two years as well as to increase tourist
spending, all of which requires raising awareness of the Jordanian tourism
product.
Fayez said the
tourism sector has started to recover from the effects of the pandemic, and
expected a revival and resumption of normal activity by 2024, but asserted the
need for continued government support.
The strategy, Fayez
said comprises specific plans with a clear timeframe and performance indicators
to monitor its successful implementation, adding that the strategy will be
subject to constant reviews and updates. However, he said “Jordan is part of the
entire globe, and the tourism situation will depend on the epidemiological
situation around the world”.
2021, according to
Fayez, has seen a slight recovery, namely during the second half of the year
due to the government’s economic recovery plan and the gradual reopening of the
various sectors, which brought “double the number of tourists that visited the
Kingdom in the first half of the year.”
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