Gov't raises JTB's budget in 2019 May 23, 2019

Amman, May.21 (Petra) -- The government raised the budget allocated to the Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) in 2019 to JD17 million after it had allocated JD9 million in this year's budget.

The government granted the JTB, as the tourism's marketing arm, a support that aligns with the Kingdom's economic conditions, and that this support contributed to the increase of tourism sector performance indicators for 2018, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Tuesday.
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Inspection campaigns aim to organise domestic labour market May 23, 2019

AMMAN — The purpose of intensifying labour inspection campaigns is to regulate the job market and make it more attractive to the youth, thus more competitive for businesses, Labour Minister Nidal Bataineh said on Tuesday.

From Monday night, through dawn on Tuesday, inspection teams apprehended 168 violating guest workers of various nationalities, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

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Fly Emirates to deploy A380 aircraft to Amman flights June-October May 23, 2019

AMMAN — Fly Emirates will operate its A380 aircraft to and from Amman between June 1 and October 26, in response to increased demand for travel during the summer period, the airline announced on its website.

This adjustment will see the airline operating one of its three daily flights on the route EK 903/904 with its flagship A380. This will be the first time that Fly Emirates operates a scheduled A380 service to Amman, following the one-off A380"...

Food shops closure down by 30% during first two weeks of Ramadan' May 23, 2019

AmMAN — The Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) on Wednesday said that food shop and facility closures during the first half of the holy month of Ramadan have declined by nearly 30 per cent, compared with the same Ramadan period last year.

The JFDA has attributed this decline to the shop owners’ commitment to health standards and self-monitoring programmes accredited by the JFDA, the Jordan News Agency Petra, reported.

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