Alrai - The Commissioner of Tourism and Economic Affairs at the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, Sharhabeel Madi, said that the total number of investment companies whose licenses were renewed during the current year amounted to 1255 companies, compared to 959 companies last year. 

Madi said in a statement to the Jordanian News Agency (Petra) on the sidelines of the Parliamentary Economic and Investment Committee meeting today, Sunday, that Aqaba is witnessing progress in terms of investment in light of the existence of an investment window that is the first at the level of Jordan, explaining that the total of companies that did not renew their licenses amounted to 250 companies.

They are mostly fictitious companies and do not affect the investment environment. Madi explained that the number of companies that registered for the first time during the past year amounted to 180 companies, while the number of companies during the current year reached 196 companies. He also pointed to the tourism activity taking place in the region and the high number of tourists until the end of the year, where it is expected to exceed one million and one hundred thousand tourists.

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