Bethany Beyond The Jordan, the site where Jesus is believed to have been baptized, could be developed into a 'tourist city' if a $300 million project is approved
This number could swell to one million visitors a year if a proposed phased six-year estimated $300 million project for a 'tourist city' adjacent to what is a designated UNESCO World Heritage site goes ahead.
Organisers hope that with souvenir shops and walking trails, boutique hotels and botanical gardens, the site - which lies outside the formal boundary of the baptism location - will eventually attract five times as many annual visitors than the current 200,000, and will to help preserve the region's dwindling Christian presence.
King Abdullah has been praised by Christian leaders for fostering religious harmony in Jordan's majority Muslim population by offering land to churches and pilgrimage centres.
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