For the first time ever, a new and very important document has been produced by the World Economic Forum, similar to their famed World Investment Competitiveness Report.

The JTB Participates at MITT

The Jordan Tourism Board participated at MITT Moscow on 21st -24 March, and shared the stand with fifteen of its partners including Royal Jordanian and ASEZA. The delegation was headed by the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Mr. Osama Dabbas. This year Jordan's participation was met with great success and a record number of visitors and great interest in Jordan generated.

The Jordan Tourism Board, for the second year, participated at TUR, the main tourism exhibition for the Scandinavian countries that took place in Gothenburg, Sweden from March 22 to 25.

In its bid to continuously improve its marketing capabilities and competitive edge, in addition to increasing value to its members, the Jordan Tourism Board is continuing its path of gaining experience from the world’s top tourism marketing organizations.

A local Jordanian company won JTB's tender to film, produce and edit a new television commercial for the GCC countries. The filming took place during the period of March 18 to 24 and covered several locations in Jordan including Aqaba, Petra, Dead Sea, Ma'in, and Wakalat Street, Amman hotels & restaurants, fun fairs, malls and much more.

Renowned actors and celebrities from the Arab world gathered in Petra to show their support for the rose red city’s bid to become one of the New Wonders of the World, and to encourage all Arabs to vote.

In its ongoing strive for creativity the JTB partnered with the popular Abu Mahjoob agency to produce a creative ad with a patriotic flavor to encourage the public to vote for Petra.

Jordanian and Swiss museums signed a memorandum of understanding for enhancing cooperation and exchanging expertise.

The capital is not living up to its full potential as a tourist destination and must do more to enhance its cultural charm and spirit — this was the general consensus among city and tourism authorities convening on Monday March 12, 2007.

Construction work on Lot’s Museum at the Dead Sea is completed with experts now working on developing a unique exhibit for visitors before the end of the year.

Royal Jordanian Airlines was welcomed on board oneworld®, the world’s leading quality global airline alliance, at a series of special celebration events in its Jordan home base.

Royal Jordanian fleet transported 142,224 passengers in February 2007, marking a 20.5% increase over the number carried in the same month in 2006, when 118,000 passengers traveled aboard RJ.

Queen Alia International Airport introduced eight new electronic gates equipped to perform the incoming or outgoing traveling procedures in a matter of seconds through the simple entry of a special card which contains all the information on a passport.

Le Méridien Amman announced on March 19th, 2007 the launch of a regional Middle East roadshow organized by the Starwood Hotels & Resorts, the international mother company in charge of the Le Méridien brand all over the world.