Jordan's tourist revenues totaled 102 million Jordanian dinars ($144 million) in the first quarter of the year 2002, representing a 3.7 percent drop from the JD106 million reported during the corresponding period of 2001, according to recent statistics released by the Ministry of Tourism. The source attributed the fall to ongoing effects of the September 11 US terror attacks. During the first three months of the year 2002, some 272,000 tourists arrived in Jordan, down from the 275,000 tourists who visited the country during the same period last year. — (menareport.com)
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