Aqaba- The Vice-President of the Council of Commissioners, Commissioner for Economic and Tourist Development to the authority of the Special Economic Zone of Aqaba, Eng. Hamza al -Hajj Hassan, Said that aqaba Hotels Achieved High Occupancy Rates During the Eid Al -Fitr Holiday Amounted To (87) % of Various Categories, With An Average Residence of 2.5 Nights for the Visitor, Which Reflects The Success of the Efforts of the Aqaba Authority Promoting Aqaba in Neighboring Markets, Promoting Services Provideed and Providing Entertainment Programs for Visitors to the City of Aqaba and Came this success, despite the limited access to the AQABA in the worlds of the world due to the partial stop of direct aviation of AQABA, which will gradually return from the current month and planning.
The city of Aqaba witnessed a standard tourist and commercial movement during the Eid Al -Fitr holidays for the year 2025, because it received around 110,000 visitors from various regions of the kingdom and neighboring countries to confirm its distinct tourist destination position during holidays and official holidays.
The Hajj Hassan explained that the number of visitors was distributed as follows: where the rocking passages, Wadi Al -Yatt and Wadi Araba were about (90) thousand visitors, while the number of tourists coming by the border passins reached level passages and crossings from the South to (20) thousand tourists, indicating that the visits from the south of Wadi Araba de Wadi Araba and according to statistics recorded a record number where approximately Wadi Araba visits and according to statistics have recorded a record number. Day, following the measures taken to facilitate the reception of travelers by extending working hours and providing VIP services in the level crossing, which led to an unprecedented movement on the markets.
Haj Hassan indicated that the Wadi Rum area had also witnessed a distinguished tourist activity, because the number of its visitors during the three days of the party reached around 7.5 thousand visitors, including 5,000 foreign tourists, which improves its position of distinctive tourist destination for lovers of adventure and picturesque nature.
Al -Hajj Hassan stressed that the joint Eid plan which had been drawn up in coordination with the official and security authorities and the private sector, which was supervised by the head of the Aqaba region, Nayef Hamidi Al -Fayez through its continuous environment and security visits of citizens and visitors.
He continued that the Customs Managers in Aqaba provided gentle and rapid customs services in the border ports to ensure the experience of visitors, stressing that no human incident or traffic jam has been recorded in the city, thanks to the regulatory measures controlled by the security and the authorities concerned which contributed to the flow of the movement and absorb the large tourist number within the city.
Speaking to the experience of buses management by the provincial council and the Aqaba Chamber of Commerce at the end of the blessed month of Ramadan, he praised the villages surrounding Aqaba in both directions to improve the commercial movement and purchases, which has proven its effectiveness.
In the context of the strengthening of the experience of visitors, Hajj Hassan explained that the authority through the AMWAJ AQABA festival carried out a free entertainment program which included artistic shows and lyrical paragraphs with the participation of Jordanian and Arabic artists, as well as entertainment activities for families and children of artistic performance of the folklore and artistic series ” In addition to the artistic and family activities that organized it the private tourism sector in Aqaba.
Hajj hassan praised the efforts made and in cooperation between all official and private bodies, security and service frames, institutions and youth volunteer bodies, noting that thesis collective efforts had a positive impact in providing qualitative services for visitors and facilitating the smooth flow of traffic and vehicles and enhancing Comfortable Tourism Experience for the People and Visitors of the City of Aqaba, Stressing that aqaba continues to enhance its position a favorite tourist destination during the official holidays and on the general range of its distinguished atmosphere and distinguished tourist services that are suitable for all tastes and groups.
