Jordan tourism revenues up 28%

According to figures by the Jordan Tourism Board (JTB), tourism revenues rose 28% to JD1.089bn in the first half of 2010 from JD851m a year earlier, with over three million tourists visiting the kingdom, Jordan Times has reported. The number of tourists also grew 24.1% to 3.63 million during the period, compared to 2.93 million visited the country in 2009, the data showed.