University of Arkansas/Yarmouk University
Country:
Jordan
Award Date:
2001
Award Amount:
$99,739.00
Cost Share:
$117,592.00
Other Funds:
$60,954.00
Other Partners:
This partnership employed a cultural resource management approach to assess the potential for tourism in Northern Jordan, the feasibility of a heritage center in Irbid, and the potential for sustainable microenterprise development through tourism in two small communities near the heritage sites of Umm Qais and Umm al Jimal. Partners have identified and assessed six new archeological sites and completed data collection. The data set includes a social and cultural survey, archaeological and cultural information on the six sites, analysis of tourism data, and assessment of infrastructure and tourism readiness in the comunities along the tourist-ways. The partners have developed a close working relationship with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, which granted them permission to use the archeological sites included in the eastern and western tourist-ways. Partners are engaged in completing a master plan for a heritage center in Irbid City and will present a plan for an eastern and western tourist-way to government and tourism officials.