Ammon News - The Ministry of Tourism’s "Urdun Jannah" programme, which encourages domestic tourism, has nearly attracted 106.9 thousand participants over the April-October period 2021.

Of the total number of participants, some 101.6 thousand citizens benefited from the free transportation by tourist buses, while some 5,300 citizens used domestic flights, according to a press statement issued by the programme's director, Yazan Khudair.

Khudair also noted the number of tourist buses that transported participants from the Kingdom's various governorates stood at 3,444, adding that majority of travel companies and tourist guides benefited "remarkably" from the programme.

The city of Petra, which was "badly" affected by disruption of foreign tourism due to Covid-19 pandemic, has been linked to the majority of overnight trip programs in Jordan's south, he said, indicating that this step contributed to increasing visitors to the "Red Rose" city recently.

To date, Khudair said 450 complaints and violations were "diligently" followed up and dealt with "directly," which contributed to avoiding their future recurrence and lowering their numbers.

Highlighting objective of this gov't-supported program, he said the tourism ministry and Tourism Promotion Commission (TPC) pays more than 50% of the trips' cost to revive domestic tourism at affordable prices to all citizens, according to Khudair.

The app jannah.jo provides services of inquiry, booking, and online payment, downloaded on Android and iOS, according to the statement, which added that the services are also still available at tourism offices and directorates countrywide.