tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111520954102018885.post7758256180510162855..comments2023-10-21T12:29:19.401+03:00Comments on Amman Voice: 3 million visitors registered between January, JuneAmman Voicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00162057255671434676noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111520954102018885.post-49900131541910181102007-08-20T17:20:00.000+03:002007-08-20T17:20:00.000+03:00I checked around and found an August 5th Petra New...I checked around and found an August 5th Petra News Agency posting that says "Petra received 350,000 visitors since the beginning of 2007" (http://www.jordanembassyus.org/08052007005.htm)<BR/><BR/>If 350,000 of the 3 million tourists visited Petra that is about 12%. I still don't buy it. If they are really "tourists", much, much more of the 3 million would have visited the biggest tourist draw in the country and one of the biggest in the region. It is simply misleading to call those 3 million visitors "tourists". <BR/><BR/>Looking at revenues stated it is even more misleading. The JT article posted above states tourism revenues of JD567.8 million. The Petra Agency states that Petra generated tourism receipts of JD4 million. This suggests that Petra is responsible for about 1% of tourism revenues. Sorry, I just do not see how the 3 million visitors and JD567 million in revenues can be classified as "tourism" based on the published numbers related to Petra.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04199502615526191069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111520954102018885.post-17539976434542834312007-08-08T21:04:00.000+03:002007-08-08T21:04:00.000+03:00Steve, I think the 25% were taken from the 5 month...Steve, <BR/>I think the 25% were taken from the 5 months and relate to the Packaged tours who spend the night there. Most of the Tourists go to Petra during the day and levae to Israel or Amman at night.Amman Voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00162057255671434676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111520954102018885.post-38266199653687683952007-08-08T20:28:00.000+03:002007-08-08T20:28:00.000+03:00The statement that "around 3 million tourists visi...The statement that "around 3 million tourists visited the country" is misleading. If I read the report correctly, only 75,000 (2.5%) of these "tourists" visited the biggest tourist attraction in the country - Petra. What were the rest of the 2.9 million tourists doing?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04199502615526191069noreply@blogger.com