JORDAN SECOND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT WADI RUM MASTER PLAN
Client: Aqaba Regional Authority
Location: Wadi Rum – Jordan
Services Provided: Design
Total Village Area: 4,000,000 sq.m
Construction Cost: US $ 10,330,000
Starting Date: 1997
Completion Date: 1999
About
THE PROJECT
Jordan’s Second Tourism Development Project was funded by the World Bank. Representing the active and unified efforts of the Aqaba Regional Authority, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, this Project included the study and development of the existing village, the creation of a new village, as well as the design of a visitor’s centre, an entrance gateway, in addition to a design of a new road and infrastructure, and the conservation of the environment through the implantation of plants and trees that are compatible with one the distinctive nature of Wadi Rum.