(MENAFN- Jordan Information Company)
Lifeless Sea, Could 15 (Petra) — The Tourism Minister of Jordan, Makram Qaisi, Monday stated the “tourism sector has begun to get well and develop at a excessive tempo,” noting that the income exceeded the pre-COVID interval.
Throughout the “Prospects for Funding Alternatives within the Tourism Sector” session, Qaisi described the tourism sector as an “engine” of financial progress in Jordan, including that it contributes to 13 per cent of the nation’s GDP.
Throughout the first third of 2023, virtually 2 million folks visited Jordan, an 87.2 per cent enhance in comparison with the primary third of 2022.
Qaisi defined that tourism instantly employs over 55,000 folks, of whom 85 per cent are Jordanians, saying that the nation wants extra workforce and capability within the tourism sector, particularly within the vacationer attraction of Petra within the south of the nation.
He talked concerning the funding alternatives in Jerash, the Golden Triangle, Ajloun and the Baptism Website and its environment.
Qaisi stated that the brand new funding surroundings legislation gave tax incentives to buyers within the tourism sector, particularly in areas “much less lucky.”
He added that the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquity is targeted on non secular tourism and selling vacationer websites by utilizing synthetic intelligence and linking cultural and archaeological cities.
Qaisi added that the ministry plans to go to a number of African international locations to advertise Christian pilgrimage websites in Jordan.
He added that by means of its technique, the ministry seeks to ascertain a fund and a enterprise incubator for younger entrepreneurs at a worth of JOD5 million.
The session was held on the sidelines of the fourth worldwide convention for French-speaking enterprise house owners on the Lifeless Sea. It opened on Monday beneath “Jordan, the Land of Promising Alternatives for Worldwide Traders.”
Organised by the Jordanian Businessmen Affiliation in cooperation with a bunch of French-speaking businessmen, the convention noticed the participation of 200 enterprise house owners, buyers and financial consultants.

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