Jordan records unparalleled surge in tourists, welcomes 1.4m sightseers

AMMAN: Jordan has recorded an unparalleled surge in the number of tourists coming to the country, with more than 1.47 million sightseers visiting during the first quarter of 2023.
This record number represents an increase of 90.7 percent compared with the 774,111 holidaymakers who visited during the same period last year, the Jordan News Agency reported on Wednesday.
The latest Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities monthly bulletin also reveals an 80.9 percent rise in the number of overnight tourists to 1.204 million during the quarter, compared with 665,779 a year earlier.
During the first quarter of 2019, considered a “golden year” for tourism in Jordan, the country welcomed 1.146 million visitors and 966,483 overnight tourists.
The number of European visitors increased by 163.9 percent to 198,766 during the first quarter of this year. Visitors from Asia and the Pacific increased by 286.4 percent to 79,232, while the numbers from North, Central and South American countries rose by 159.9 percent to 58,880.
A total of 508,853 tourists from Arab countries visited Jordan during the three-month period, an increase of 61.7 percent, and 8,162 from Africa, a rise of 128.4 percent.
In March, 536,642 tourists visited Jordan, an increase of 43.1 percent on the 375,017 who arrived in March 2022, according to the bulletin.
Jordan has a large number of renowned tourist landmarks and other attractions, including the “Golden Triangle” encompassing Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba and the Dead Sea, the Roman Theater in Amman, Mount Nebo, Ajloun Castle, Jerash, the site of the baptism of Jesus Christ, and Karak Castle.

Jordan records unparalleled surge in tourists, welcomes 1.4m sightseers