AMMAN— The “Urdun Jannah” program
has revitalized domestic tourism, despite the difficulties placed on the sector
due to the COVID-19, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Saturday. The
program offered trips to a plethora of Jordan’s tourist destinations at
“affordable prices”.
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Supported by the Ministry of Tourism and
Antiquities, the Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) reached its target by a margin of
over 50 percent. Just three months after its launch,
participants reached
63,000, according to Petra.
Around 2,256 tourist busses transported the
program participants across the Kingdom to multiple governorates accompanied by
tour guides.
In a press statement on Saturday, JTB
Assistant Director and Urdun Jannah Program Director Yazan Khudair said that
the ministry and the commission are supporting local folklore events and
concerts as part of the national and regional campaign "Al-Hawa
Janwbi", launched by the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, to
stimulate tourism across Petra,
Wadi Rum, and Aqaba.
The program aims to minimize the losses
accrued in the tourism sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic and help it recover
by involving tourist offices to provide free transportation using modern tour
busses organizations, assigning tour guides, and providing free meals.
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