# 'There are no revenues, it's all losses', says Petra hotelier # Flight bookings to Jordan have fallen sharply # Tourism was 12.5% of Jordan's economy last year # Hotel occupancy in Petra as low as 10% # Jordan has survived previous crises -tourism minister Enas Al Hinti has cut staff pay in half and asked workers to take unpaid leave in an effort to keep her hotel in ancient Petra open as Western holidaymakers fearful of conflict shun destinations in the Middle East. A crisis across the region's tourism industry since the start of the Israel-Hamas war 13 months ago is being felt acutely in Jordan, whose border with Israel along the Red Sea and Dead Sea is studded with beach resorts. Sites such as Petra, Wadi Rum and crusader castles have been drawing visitors fo...
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