Europeans can enter Jordan without passport for tourism promotion

The Jordanian ministry of the interior announced that Jordan will start to give European tourists entry visa based on their personal ID without need to for a passport.

The Jordanian news agency Petra quoted Jordnian officials said that his ministry issued its instructions to give all citizens of the European Union an entry visa to the Jordanian territories based on European identity card without setting precondition to have a passport.

The Jordanian news agency Petra - quoted a Jordanian official as saying while in a tour on the touristic ( southern) area of Petra, which is considered the most vulnerable because of the consequences of the war against Iraq that "the aim of this measure is to make Jordan a country of attractive to tourists."

He added that the ministry is trying through these efforts to "overcome the difficult conditions the tourism sector is facing in Jordan and Petra area in particular as a result of the current international political conditions." Previous measures used to require European tourists have an entry visa to the Jordanian territories upon their arrival at the airport when they show their passport.