AMMAN —
Jordan Society of Tourism & Travel Agents (JSTA) called on the concerned
authorities to take more measures to help travel and tourism companies overcome
COVID-19 pandemic-induced repercussions and maintain sustainability of their
work according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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Addressing a press conference held at
Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) on Wednesday, JSTA’s president, Suhail Halasah, highlighted
the travel companies’ key demands and urged the concerned authorities to
implement the JSTA’s proposals and solutions, submitted during the last period.
Tourism companies
are the backbone for marketing Jordan as a tourist destination internally and
externally, he noted, pointing out that Jordan’s tourism sector is hardest-hit
activity by the pandemic, which will be the last to recover, according to
Halasah.
Meanwhile, JSTA’s
board member, Khaled Hijjawi, called for relieving travel and tourism companies
from implementing Defense Order No. 6, to alleviate the pandemic’s
repercussions.
Travel companies
should be exempted from annual licenses to help their continued activity, in
addition to amending regulations and instructions to protect the industry,
according to Hijjawi.
For his part, Chairman of the Lower House Tourism, Antiquities and Public Services
Committee, MP Majid Rawashdeh, said he will support all the travel sector’s
demands, stressing the need to save tourist businesses from closing their doors
and laying off employees.
Rawashdeh also said
the tourism sector plays an “important” role in supporting the national
economy, empowering local communities, and employing Jordanian workers.
Noting future
action to ensure recovery, ACC president,
Khalil Haj Tawfiq, stressed the
importance of the tourism sector and the need to provide “quick” solutions and
develop medium and long-term plans to advance its performance.
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