AMMAN — A total of 86,322 people visited
Petra in May, according to statistics by the
Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA) released Wednesday.
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Jordan News Agency, Petra, said the figures showed
that 60,640 of the total were foreign nationals, while Arabs and Jordanians
made up 25,670.
In May 2019 before the pandemic, 87,622 people
visited the Nabataean-era city carved out in rose-red stone. Of the total,
81,268 were foreigners and 4,873 were Arabs and Jordanians.
Suliman Al-Farajat, PDTRA chairman of the board of
commissioners, said the city witnessed an active tourism movement in May. He
said the number of visitors was closer to the 2019 figures.
He said the increased numbers meant that the tourism
sector is recovering from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
PDTRA will keep pace with the increasing number of
tourists and offer the best services for its visitors to maintain the city’s
heritage and global tourism value, he added.
He said demands for adding more hotel rooms to the
existing 2,600 rooms in the city are increasing, as Petra has investment
incentives in the fields of tourism and light industry.
He pointed out that 10 new hotels with a 900-room
capacity are being constructed and will provide 500 job opportunities, once
they are fully operational.
The authority, he noted, has signed agreements to
provide more tourism products, such as the flying taxi and hot air balloons.
Several projects will be launched this year in Petra,
including a heritage village, tourism road, visitors’ center, air ferry, and
adventure vehicles.
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