Jordan - moderate Arab country that borders Iraq, Israel and Syria

queen Rania illustrates how Jordan's different to its neighbouring Arab countries, she is involved with a number of community/education projects and has a high profile

from 2000 to 2011 the tourists arrivals has increased from about 1,500,000 to roughly 4,000,000

the new terminal opened in march 2013 it can handle up to 7 millions per annum, the airport was awarded best improvement by region in the middle east in 2014, it is said that the final expansion of the airport will be completed by 2017 and handle up to 12 million

there are 5 world heritage sites in Jordan Petra is a popular one which was named a whs in 1985, Petra in a historical city that has been carved into red, white and pink sandstone cliff faces

modern Aqaba has become one of the premier leisure destinations of the middle east, it is located on the red sea and is 429 metres below sea level, Aqaba has a beach called the Palm Beach were there are 1000 species of invertebrates in the dead sea and 200 sort/hard corals

the crown plaza or Hilton are what tourists generally stay in when visiting the dead sea