Download or read book Tourism and Archaeological Heritage Management at Petra written by Douglas C. Comer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-12-07 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1985, Petra was included on the list of World Heritage Sites. Since then, low cost jet travel and a fast highway from Amman have made the site increasingly accessible. This book asks the question: will tourism damage the archaeological remains there in ways that make answers more difficult or even impossible to find?