Mubasher: Jordan saw a rise in tourism revenues by 14.5% during the first half of the year to a total of $2.1 billion (JOD 1.5 billion), according to the data of the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ).

The CBJ attributed the rise in the sector’s income to the growth in the number of tourists by 9.9% year-on-year, the Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported on Sunday.