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The number of visitors to Al-Qatraneh Castle reached 44,281 during the first seven months of the current year, including 43,730 Jordanians and 551 foreigners, according to preliminary data from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
According to the data, visitors were distributed from January to July with 332 visitors in January, 862 in February, 111 in March, 7,752 in April, 12,392 in May, 8,398 in June, and 14,434 in July.
Jordanian visitors accounted for about 98.8% of the total visitors to the castle during the period, compared to about 1.2% for foreign visitors.
The Ministry's data showed that the number of visitors to the castle was 29 during July 2025, including 27 Jordanians and 2 foreign visitors, noting that the castle was opened in July 2025.
The Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Imad Hijazi, inaugurated in September 2025, the development project of the Al-Qatraneh archaeological castle site with the aim of rehabilitating the castle and turning it into an integrated tourist product that reflects its historical and strategic value.
Last year, a decision was issued in the Official Gazette approving the consideration of the Al-Qatraneh archaeological site as a tourist site.
The decision aims to develop the tourist product at the Al-Qatraneh Castle site, highlight its historical and tourist character, provide services to visitors and tourists, and shed light on tourism investment at the site to create new job opportunities for local community members.
It aims to enable the Ministry of Tourism to complete the procedures for developing the site based on the provisions of Article (2) of the Tourism Sites Management System No. (23) of 2014.
Based on the recommendation of the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, the Council of Ministers decided in its session held on 16/4/2025 to approve the consideration of the Al-Qatraneh archaeological site as a tourist site, in accordance with the coordinates attached to the letter of the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities No. (11/4/3832) dated 10/4/2025.
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