This part of Jordan is also religiously significant: Petra is part of Wadi Mūsā (the Valley of Moses), where it is believed Moses performed a miracle to quench the thirst of the Israelites ...

In 2023, Visit Petra recorded 1.1 million visitors to Jordan’s most popular archaeological site; that dropped to 457,000 in 2024. I don’t need statistics to feel the downturn during my two ...