Though visitors flock to Jordan's famous treasures, Petra and the Dead Sea, there are some amazing, off-the-grid places to ...

South of the Sea of Galilee, the Jordan River runs through Israeli territory on both sides, and then defines the Israel-Jordan border, before entering the West Bank and trickling into the Dead Sea.

In addition to swimming and mud, you can explore nearby areas such as the Mujib Reserve or the Ma'in Hot Springs if the budget allows. You can also visit nearby traditional markets and buy natural ...

When discussing tourist places in Jordan, Petra, the Dead Sea, Wadi Rum, and Aqaba come to the forefront, but Jordan holds beyond these well-known destinations, filled with diverse nature and hidden ...

The buoyant waters of the Dead Sea are one of Jordan’s natural wonders, but they’re vanishing at an alarming rate. Meanwhile, Jordan is hoping its natural and cultural treasures can win back ...

Israel and Jordan have agreed on a "historic" $900 million water sharing project which will replenish the Dead Sea with water from the Red Sea and also supply both Israel and Palestine with water.

The way to save the Dead Sea is by restoring freshwater flow from a rehabilitated Jordan River, not building an ecologically risky channel from the Red Sea By Jewish Journal Published August 3, 2008 ...

DEAD SEA, Jordan (Reuters) - At least 18 people, mainly schoolchildren and teachers, were killed on Thursday by a flash flood during a school outing near Jordan’s Dead Sea in one of the worst ...

Dead sea 05/9/07 8/12 At many points you can smell the Jordan River long before you see it. Sewage from the West Bank flows untreated into the Jordan River.

"The Dead Sea is dying because the waters that used to feed the Dead Sea, the holy River Jordan, is no longer flowing," says Gidon Bromberg, Director of Friends Of The Earth in the Middle East.

Not unlike the Dead Sea, Jordan’s tourist numbers had been drying up in the last decade before almost evaporating during the Covid pandemic. In 2020, tourism revenues fell to $1.4 billion, ...