Speaking to TTG at WTM London, Dr Abed Al-Razzaq Arabiyat, managing director of the Jordan Tourist Board, said the country’s tourism industry had so far managed to navigate the regional instability over the past year without significant repercussions, reporting only a small drop in tourist numbers.
International arrivals for the nine months to 30 September 2024 dropped by 6% year-on-year to 4.7 million, although arrivals from the UK took a bigger dip, down by nearly a quarter (23%) to 27,451