Tourism on hold as Middle East war casts uncertainty

PARIS: Cancelled flights, postponed trips and a great deal of uncertainty: the war in the Middle East is casting a long shadow over the tourism outlook for a region that has become a prized destination for travelers worldwide. “My last group of tourists left three days ago, and all the other groups planned for March have been canceled,” said Nazih Rawashdeh, a tour guide near Irbid, in northern Jordan. “This is the start of the high season here. It’s catastrophic,” he told AFP. “And yet there’s no problem in Jordan.

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