AMMAN — Investment in the Kingdom’s
tourism sector “has not stopped,” despite restrictions under the COVID-19
pandemic,
Minister of Tourism Nayef Al-Fayez said.
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The Jordan News Agency, Petra, said Fayez’s comment
came during a dialogue held by
Jordanian Economic Forum (JEF).
Fayez told the meeting that demand to establish
tourism projects, whether tourist hotels and restaurants, or antique shops, did
not stop, citing the opening of the Ritz-Carlton Amman, which provides 500 job
opportunities.
During the pandemic, he added, the Kingdom benefited
from transit tourism, which contributed to reviving tourist activity in
Aqaba and operating travel transport companies and offices. He said the activity was
reflected in the “high” hotel occupancy rates in Jordan’s Golden Triangle,
which includes Wadi Rum, Aqaba, and Petra, as well as in the capital, Amman.
According to a JEF statement on Saturday, Fayez
reviewed the foundations of Jordan’s national tourism strategy for 2021–2025, and
the implementation mechanisms. He said the motive is to develop the Kingdom’s
tourism product, human resources, marketing, management, heritage conservation
and reforms.
Through the strategy, he maintained, Jordan seeks to
increase tourist numbers by 2025 to top the rates recorded in 2019, when Jordan
welcomed 5.3 million visitors.
This effort also aims to achieve total
tourism revenue similar to 2019 levels, which amounted to JD4.1 billion, by 2024, in
addition to increasing direct employment in the tourism sector to exceed 2019
figures by 2023, he added.
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