Sawa'er: Government aid aims to boost Petra tourism
Reports indicate that the Jordanian government has announced a package of measures to support the tourism sector in the Petra region, aiming to revive the declining tourist movement since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and regional crises. These decisions include supporting the wages of over 1,600 workers in the sector by the government covering half of the hotel staff salaries, enabling 280 suspended employees to resume work, as well as postponing loans for tourism establishments and facilitating the payment of taxes, electricity, and water bills. The goal of this support is to enhance the sustainability of these facilities and increase visitors' length of stay. Petra heavily relies on foreign tourism, which has decreased, and ticket revenues are a significant source of income, with a portion directed to the local community. These measures represent an important step in supporting the tourism sector and protecting jobs, while maintaining efforts to restore tourism activity, contingent on the stability of global and regional conditions.
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