A new record set by the ancient city of Petra with the highest number of visitors last March

Weather of Arabia - The ancient city of Petra in Ma'an Governorate, south of Jordan, is one of the most famous human creations in the world. The archaeological site in the Pink City has the highest number of visits in its history, after 324,350 visitors entered it in the first quarter of this year.

Among the visitors were 292,350 foreign tourists, and thus the number of tourists increased by 35% in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2019 (before the Corona pandemic), when the total number of visitors reached 239,975.

The month of March set a record for the first time, and 143,962 visitors entered the archaeological site this month, including 131,116 foreigners.

The ancient city of Petra

The city of Petra is one of the most prominent national treasures in Jordan, and the most famous tourist attraction and the object of admiration of the whole world. Petra was built by the Arab Nabataeans, who settled southern Jordan more than two thousand years ago, and is now one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.

(The Treasury - one of the most famous landmarks of the archaeological site of Petra)

The site gained its distinction thanks to the culture it contained, the greatness of the architecture present in it, and the engineering genius in creating a complex system of dams and water channels. Petra was a settlement for the Nabateans, the Edomites and the Romans, which made it a beacon of knowledge and testament to the ingenuity of its inhabitants from the civilizations that in turn left this world wonder.

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