This paper aims at exploring the different impacts of tourism development on the site of Petra in Jordan, also the perceptions of local community in Petra regarding these impacts. Although of the economic benefits gained by tourism, deterioration has been witnessed in this ancient city since damage to features of the archaeological site as well as adapting negative values by the local community took place. This paper sheds the light on these impacts, and presents some suggested implications to achieve a more sustainable tourism development in the site.

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The Arab Spring had its negative effects on tourism in the region of the Middle East. This research note aims to make overview of strategies adopted by Jordanian Tourism Public Authorities to repair the image in time of crisis to bring back tourists; a short discussion is then made on political crisis management, which then was referred to in giving recommendations to enhance the performance of these authorities in dealing with such crisis.

With the significant economic benefits of tourism to locals of Petra; many children are dropping out of school to work in this sector, which is perceived as being advantageous for the different languages and working skills these children learn, as well as gaining money. This research aims at exploring the perceptions of local community in Petra about child labor using a qualitative approach; structured interviews were done with forty six individuals working at the site, random purposeful sampling was used to ensure the credibility even with the small sample size. The results revealed that respondents were aware of both positive and negative consequences of child labor; this is not the case though for related legislative and educational issues. Recommendations were given to enhance the awareness of children and local communities about the consequences of child labor, also actions that can be taken by formal authorities to mitigate its negative impacts.