3,280 tourists visit Southern Mazar shrines in March

AMMAN — A total of 3,280 people visited the tombs of Prophet Mohammad’s companions in the Southern Mazar last month from Jordan and other countries, Osama Tarawneh, supervisor of the shrines, said Sunday.

The shrines of the prophet’s companions who died in Mutah Battle witnessed an increase in tourist numbers from outside the Kingdom because of Jordan’s stability and safety, Tarawneh added.

The visitors were 1,232 foreigners, 817 from Arab countries and 1,231 from Jordan, he noted, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The shrines house the tombs of Jafar Bin Abi Taleb, Zeid Bin Haretha and Abdullah Bin Rawaha.