AMMAN: The Ranking issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF) this week showed that the Jordan ranked 77th among world countries and 8th among countries of the region in the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2015. Spain topped the 141 countries listed in the ranking, followed by France and Germany, while Chad came at the bottom of the list.
The Gulf countries, however, mostly topped countries of the region with the UAE ranked 1st (24th internationally), followed by Qatar (43rd), Bahrain (60th), Morocco (62nd) and Saudi Arabia (64th). The resulting Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2015 provides a platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue with the objective of achieving a strong and sustainable travel and tourism industry capable of contributing effectively to international economic development, according to WEF.