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Tourism revenues amount to $3 billion in first 10 months
13 November 2012
The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) on Monday said the Kingdom’s tourism revenues increased by 18 per cent between January and October this year.

The Kingdom’s income from tourism during this period amounted to $3 billion (JD2.1 billion), compared with $2.5 billion (around JD1.8 billion) in the first 10 months of 2011.


 Source : Jordan Times.
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