JORDAN

Jordan has common borders with Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, and Israel. Due to its geographic position, Jordan has played an important roll as a stabilizing political factor in The Middle East... Jordan's modern history dates from 1921, when Emir Abdullah, the second son of Sherif Hussein, established the Emirate of Trans-Jordan as a self-governing territory under British mandate. In May 1946, Emir Abdullah was proclaimed King of the independent Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The formal union of Jordan and the West Bank was declared in 1950... Jordan Tourism Coalition is the only large tourism coalition present in Jordan, established by a renown Jordanian tour operator to create professional entity devoted to serve the Russian, Ukrainian, Eastern and Western European markets.