The report notes a 76 percent increase in the number of "same-day visitors" since the beginning of 2023, representing 17 percent of total tourists. Despite the relatively small size of the tourism sector, constituting only 1.5 percent of Jordan's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), it is closely linked to other sectors such as retail, transportation, and construction. The World Bank report predicts that airline companies will also incur higher operational costs than usual due to the necessity of adopting new routes to avoid traveling over conflict zones. The Minister of Tourism, Makram Queisi, previously stated that hotel reservations in Jordan had declined by 50 percent since the start of the war on Gaza on October 7.
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