Petra News Agency
Sunday, August 5, 2007
More than 36,000 Visitors for Petra in July Petra, Aug. 5 (Petra) -- The ancient Nabatean city of Petra continues to be one of the Kingdom's leading tourist attractions with around 36,000 visitors flocking to the site during the month of July.
Visitors to the rose-red city generated approximately JD467.000 in tourism receipts in the same period.
Director of Petra Reserve Suleiman Al Farajat said that the ancient city received about 350,000 visitors since the beginning of 2007, generating JD4 million in tourism receipt.
Petra was recently named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World chosen by some 100 million voters around the globe. The 2000-year-old rose red city ranked second with the Great Wall of China taking first place.
The Nabatean-built city has been running for a spot in the international contest along with 20 other landmark sites around the world since March 2006.
A tally of 100 million votes had been cast since voting for the global campaign kicked off in March 2006. Officials in Jordan said 22 million votes were cast for Petra, which was officially listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.