A total of 657,918 tourists of various nationalities have visited Petra in the first eight months of 2019, compared with 507,299 visitors during the same period of 2018, marking a 30 per cent increase. Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA) Chief Commissioner Sulaiman Farajat on Sunday told the Jordan News Agency, Petra, that foreign tourists in the first eight months totalled 563,468, increasing 48 per cent compared to the ...