Jordan: Authorities ban unvaccinated visitors from entering tourist sites amid COVID surge

Jordan: Authorities ban unvaccinated visitors from entering tourist sites amid COVID surge

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Jordanian’s National Centre for Security and Crisis Management has announced new precautionary measures on Sunday, to curb the spread of coronavirus variants.

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has outlined that its internal tourism programs and the entry of the tourist attractions in Jordan will be restricted to the vaccinated people, in a statement.

"The Petra Visitor Centre is the first stop through which the visitor enters the archaeological site. Therefore, the authorities require all visitors to reveal the vaccination certificate upon their entry, otherwise, they are prohibited from entry. Moreover, we make sure that wearing masks and adherence to the COVID-19 global protocol is mandatory to enter the site," Yassin al-Saideh, Director of the Petra Visitor Centre stated.“

"In the beginning, we were asked to be given a certification of vaccine, as well as a temperature check, as well as if you have a PCR negative test you can also give it to them,” Mandmandu, a tourist from Indonesia said.

“Overall I said that the government has made a pretty good organisation regarding the entrance and control in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. as you can see, is still very beautiful despite the presence of covid there are health protocols that are applied in order for you to enjoy the visit to Petra at the very fullest,” he added.

On Sunday, Jordan reported 36 deaths related to COVID-19 and 4,012 new cases, increasing the caseload to 943,305, and the COVID-19 death toll to 11,551 since the start of the pandemic.

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SOT, Yassin al-Saideh, Director of Petra Visitor Centre (Arabic): "The Petra Visitor Centre is the first stop through which the visitor enters the archaeological site. Therefore, the authorities require all visitors to reveal the vaccination certificate upon their entry, otherwise, they are prohibited from entry. Moreover, we make sure that wearing masks and adherence to the COVID-19 global protocol is mandatory to enter the site."

SOT, Carmina, Italian tourist: “Thanks to all the Jordanian people because you are [managing] this problem will coronavirus in a very good way. So, for the masks, the protection. I think that the people I invite all the people to come to visit Petra because you have really big spaces so don't be afraid of anything else and so just visit and love this treasure.”

SOT, Mandmandu, Tourist from Indonesia: “In the beginning, we were asked to be given a certification of vaccine, as well as a temperature check, as well as if you have a PCR negative test you can also give it to them. Overall I said that the government has made a pretty good organisation regarding the entrance and control in order to prevent the spread of COVID- 19. And also the city here, as you can see, is still very beautiful despite the presence of COVID there are health protocols that are applied in order for you to enjoy the visit to Petra at the very fullest.”

SOT, Katharina, Tourist from Greece: “We decided to Jordan, to Petra because we think it's one of the safest places right now for tourism because you know it's outside it's clean of coronavirus. It's not crowded this season, since it's the end of the high season so we think it's one of the best places to visit right now."

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