My Jordan Journal

The “Black City” of Um Al Jimal: Highlighting one of Jordan’s many unique archaeological treasures that is not Petra.

You may know Petra as the “rose-red” city, but you probably have not heard of the “all-black” city: Um Al Jimal. A city shrouded in mystery and who’s structures are made from black volcanic stone, hence the coining of the name “all-black city”. ...

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JTB Awarded Gold for Overseas Destination Marketing Partner

We, at Jordan Tourism Board North America (JTBNA), are delighted to announce that we have received the Gold award for Overseas Destination Marketing Organization ...

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Jordan in the New York Times Travel Show – Our Newest Team Member’s First Travel Show Experience

Being the newest member of the JTBNA family, I was bound to have a ‘first travel event’. That event just so happened to be the mother of them all, the New York Times Travel Show. During the show, my interactions with ...

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Star Wars Rogue One is #TakingJordanbyStorm

Follow the hashtag #TakingJordanbyStorm and keep an eye our for some special guests traveling through Jordan. 

Jordan’s Wadi Rum takes a central role in Star ...

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Extraordinary Archaeological Discovery in Jordan

Archaeologists and history enthusiasts rejoice! An ancient tomb dating back thousands of years was discovered in Beit Ras, north of Jordan, in an excavation project to expand a local waste-water sanitation network.

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Jordan Hosts FIFA Women’s World-Cup: Watch Event with Special Guest Heather O’Reilly

The Jordan Tourism Board held a FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup live-screening event in the Tysons Corner mall plaza where they showed the U.S. Women’s National Team face off against their Japanese counterpart.

The FIFA U-17 ...

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Tori's Jordan Journey: Day 3

After a wonderful, action-packed second day, everyone was exhausted, making the later start of day 3 highly satisfying.

Today was a much more spiritual and calm day were we got to learn about Moses and his death, and many other ...

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Tori's Jordan Journey: Day 2

Even though today is only our second day of adventures, this amazing trip has already been packed with entertainment that could last for a week!

We started off the day by traveling to the city of Ajloun, where we got to see a beautiful ...

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