Ancient Petra a ghost town as pandemic hits Jordan tourism
21 June 2020 |
11:00 am
Only a few months after celebrating one million visitors in a year, the Nabataean ancient city of Petra, Jordan's best known tourist destination, is transformed into a ghost town as it remains closed to visitors after Jordan imposed measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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