Building links with Jordan and Clough'

Tipperary County Council hosted a meeting last week with members from Cloughjordan community, Jordanian-based Tania Tours and the Jordan Ireland Business Association with a view to exploring future cultural, tourism and enterprise links between the Premier County and the Hashemite Kingdom. The meeting follows on from the very successful Cloughjordan community group trip to Jordan last October. 
Tanua Tours was founded by Bishara Sawalha in 1990 and is today the premier tourism industry operator in Jordan. The Jordan Ireland Business Association was launched in Amman at the end of 2019 by Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Tareq Hammouri.
The launch followed the opening of the first Embassy of Ireland to Jordan, reflecting the interest of both the Jordanian and the Irish governments in strengthening trading relationships between the two countries.  Jordanian businessman and JIBA Co-Chair Ramsey Khourey at the association's  launch said: “For the past 16 years, as Ireland Honorary Consul in Jordan, I have seen the development of many business partnerships between our two countries. With the establishment of the JIBA we can build on this progress and identify many new opportunities for advancing our business relationship and for deepening the excellent ties between our two countries.” 
Jordan is a kingdom layered in antiquity, from the work of Nabataean stonemasons to historical figures such as Moses and Lawrence of Arabia; from ancient cities and Biblical sites to desert castles, Crusader forts and Byzantine mosaics. With a reputation for being one of the friendliest countries on Earth, an immediate reaction to travellers is 'welcome to Jordan