Imagine walking into Petra, Jordan without the hustle and bustle of tourists clamoring over each other for photos and mule ...

With thousands of years of history carved into the rocks, the Rose City’s architectural beauty and links to a forgotten past are as beguiling as ever, says Paul Stafford ...

In 2023, Visit Petra recorded 1.1 million visitors to Jordan’s most popular archaeological site; that dropped to 457,000 in 2024. I don’t need statistics to feel the downturn during my two ...

Detailed modeling of this kind is at the leading edge of archaeological best practices, and according to Jordan’s Princess Dana Firas, the head of the Petra National Trust, the data will help ...

According to the Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA), the "Rose-Red City" welcomed 7,777 visitors over the two-day period. Among them, 3,453 were foreign tourists, 314 were Arab ...

Yes, it’s Jordan! Tourism is a business of peace that unites even Republicans and Democrats. Luckily, these two members of Congress had to travel to Petra, and they loved it. A U.S. Congress ...

Petra, in southern Jordan, is a love letter to human civilisation from a long-lost empire. The Nabataeans, a nomadic Arabic people, began chiselling away at the natural sandstone surroundings ...

Among the projects showcased were improved visitor flow and transportation systems within and around the archaeological reserve, as well as green growth tourism programmes designed to preserve ...

Petra, carved into the rose-red cliffs of Jordan, continues to reveal its secrets. Early mapping techniques unveiled in 2016 revealed the potential ruins of a vast structure hidden beneath the ...