Tourism accounts for 14% of Jordan’s GDP, with receipts in 2014 up 10% year-on-year. Efforts are under way to diversify Jordan’s tourism offerings with an emphasis being placed on religious tourism, aimed particularly at visitors from East Asia, while Jordan’s medical infrastructure remains one of the country’s most valuable tourism assets with the World Bank ranking Jordan the top medical...
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Jordan’s banking sector, with its diverse array of financial institutions, continued to perform robustly over the past year. In the first half of 2013 non-performing loans dropped to their lowest level since 2009 while the Islamic financial services segment has continued to grow, increasingly seeking out business from small and medium-sized enterprises as well as from the retail sector. In May...
Articles & Analysis | Useful tips for business and leisure travellers from The Report: Jordan 2014
The people of Jordan are renowned for their hospitality. Visitors will find it common to be greeted by the words, “Welcome to Jordan”. Most people go out of their way to assist visitors, and making friends with local Jordanians is relatively easy.
Articles & Analysis | A good night’s sleep: Amman Hotel Listings from The Report: Jordan 2014
View contact details and general information for some of the leading hotels and resorts in Amman
Articles & Analysis | Evaluating the government’s privatisation programme from The Report: Jordan 2014
The privatisation of state companies is almost always a process fraught with competing concerns. However, while controversies attached to the sale of state assets are ubiquitous, Jordan is unique in the region in its assessment of its privatisation programme. The last year has seen the completion of a painstaking evaluation process of nearly 20 privatisation deals...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Awni Rushoud, Investment Commissioner, Investment Commission from The Report: Jordan 2014
What sort of changes were involved in the transition from the Jordan Investment Board to the new Investment Commission?