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Ancient Petra a ghost town as pandemic hits Jordan tourism

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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.

Added on the 14/06/2020 18:16:46 - Copyright : AFP EN

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