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A tourist boy takes a picture of a camel at the Red Rose ancient city of Petra, southern Jordan, April 3, 2012. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

First Adventure for Jordan Trail Trekking

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Mar 22, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Amman- The Jordan Trail Association announced the launch of the first adventure to explore Jordan trail which is set to kick off from Umm Qais on March 31 and to conclude in Aqaba on May 13. Mona Haddad, the chairperson of the association, said that people can also...

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US President Donald Trump announces his nomination of Neil Gorsuch to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

UN Tourism Body: Revised US Travel Ban Will Still Effect Tourism

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 7, 2017 | World

United States President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban on citizens of Muslim-majority countries is still expected to curtail tourism. Trump on Monday signed a revised executive order banning citizens from six Muslim-majority nations from travelling to the...

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Saudi women shop at the Al-Hayatt mall in Riyadh February 15, 2012. Single men are not allowed into the mall, which is accessible only to families and single women. Picture taken February 15, 2012. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed

At Last, Entertainment in Saudi Arabia

by Salman Al-dossary | Mar 5, 2017 | Opinion

A healthy debate is going on over social media and Saudi arenas mostly about objecting and welcoming a concept that is present in all countries all over the world, and has been absent in the kingdom for decades. It is entertainment, a concept absent from a state where...

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Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Taleb Rifai speaks during an interview with Reuters in Athens, Greece, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

US Loses Millions as a Result of Travel Ban

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 3, 2017 | Business

Athens- The United States stands to lose millions in tourism revenues by travelers who will shun the country because of its ban on the nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries, the head of a United Nations tourism body said on Thursday. Taleb Rifai, a Jordanian...

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First Tourism Trip around Moon

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 2, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Cape Canaveral (California)- SpaceX has said that two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the Moon in what would mark the farthest humans have ever traveled to deep space. “We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two...