The more than half a million people who visit the Jordan River site of Jesus’ baptism ... economic situation of the Jordan River Valley through tourism and tourism-related job creation.

Standing at the Jordanian baptismal site Bethany Beyond the Jordan ... in the valley,” Bromberg said, “because it can create alternative revenues through tourism.” For all the river ...

If you travel in the Jordan Valley and the Golan region, you will not be able to help but feel a pinch in your heart. The tourist sites ... the banks of the Jordan River - right in the heart ...

Editor's Note: During Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Jordan (May 24), he has invited Syrian refugees and disabled people to join him at the Jordan River ... the site in 2011 for tourism and ...

One of the most ambitious of these was the Rotenberg Power Plant, which from 1932 supplied both sides of the Jordan River valley with electricity up ... as a unique eco-tourism site spanning both ...

BETHANY BEYOND THE JORDAN, Jordan — For centuries, thousands of pilgrims a year have made the journey to Bethany Beyond The Jordan, a site on the east bank of the Jordan River which Christians ...

Standing at the Jordanian baptismal site Bethany Beyond the Jordan ... in the valley," Bromberg said, "because it can create alternative revenues through tourism." For all the river's challenges ...

BETHANY BEYOND THE JORDAN ... for a 'tourist city' adjacent to what is a designated UNESCO World Heritage site goes ahead. Sign up here. Among those who gathered at the river bank last week ...

ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER ... That site is also billed as the place where Jesus was baptized. Jordan and Israel, which signed a peace treaty in 1994, compete for these people’s tourism dollars.

ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER — Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just dipped her feet in the water where ...