Inside Jordan's plan to revamp the baptism site of Jesus
The $300 million project accompanying the Bethany beyond Jordan, includes a "tourist village" and two major phases starting in 2023 and ending in 2030.
AMMAN – The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan announced this month a seven-year-project to revamp the baptism site of Jesus christ located on the east bank of the Jordan River and visited annually by thousands of pilgrims.
The $300 million project aims at creating a touristic village adjacent to “Bethany beyond the Jordan,” the baptism site, set to start in 2023 and go until 2030. It will be a reproduction of how life was almost 2,000 years ago, organizers say.
