1.Destination Facts
2.Market
3.Historical
4.Development
5.5A’s
6.Imagery
7.Problems
8.Conclusion
(المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية)
Area : 92,300 sq km
Capital : Amman
Official Language : Arabic
Government : Constitutional Monarchy
King : Abdullah Ⅱ
Independence : 25 May 1946
Population : 6,198,677 (2008)
People : Arab 98%, Circassian 1%,
Armenian 1%
Religion : Sunni Muslim 92%,
Christian 6%, other 2% (2001)
GDP(per capita) : $ 4,700 (2007)
Literacy : 89.9% (2003)
Currency : Jordanian Dinar(JD)
Transportation networks
1963: The airline ‘Alia’ was established and started operations in the same year
1970: Alia joined the jet age and ordered Boeing 707
1982: Queen Alia International Airport was established
1986: Alia changed its name to Royal Jordanian
Technological development
1921: Telegraph and telephony was established
1956: Radio Jordan first broadcast
1961: The first automatic telephone switch service was introduced
1968: Television transmission in Jordan started in black and white (JTV)
1971: The telecommunication Corporation (T.C.C.) was set up
1974: JTV started transmission in full colors
1985: Form ofJordan Radio and Television corporation (JRTV)
1993: The Jordan satellite channel was launched
Political development
1946: Independence from British administration
1989: First general election since 1976, contested only by independent candidates
1999: King Hussein is pronounced dead.
2003: First parliamentary elections under King Abdullah II
2005: Agreement between Jordan and Korea on corporation in the field of tourism
2007: First local elections since 1999
Cultural Heritage
1985: Petra and Quseir Amra have been chosen as World Cultural Heritage
2004: Um er-Rasas has been chosen as World Cultural Heritage
War & Terror
1970: Major clashes break out between government forces and Palestinian guerrillas resulting in thousands of casualties in civil war remembered as Black September
1994: Jordan signs peace treaty with Israel, ending 46-year official state of war
2003: Bomb attack on Jordan's embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad
2005: Sixty people are killed in suicide bombings at three international hotels in Amman

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