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chapter 5). Unfortunately, commercial tourism in such popular locations as Petra and
the Dead Sea, most overtly discerned through the rapid expansion of luxury hotels
(Figure 16.15), is thought to be damaging to Jordan's natural heritage. But alterna-
tive models do exist based on the success of the Dana project. One such is the Taybet
Zaman tourist village near Petra, which has won an international award for achieve-
ment in cultural heritage and environmental preservation and is becoming recog-
nized as a signature case study in green development in the Middle East (Anonymous
2006) with possible transference to other locations in the region (Anonymous 2007).
FIGURE 16.15 Jordan is suffering from the sprawl of massive luxury hotels along the Dead
Sea coast and in Petra.