It's sad. Bedouins in Petra are the most friendly people I met and I absolutely love their hospitality. On my first day in Petra back in March 2023, the main entrance was flooded due to heavy rain. I was resting and drinking tea in a cave until the rain stopped. The Bedouin cave dweller offered to let me stay the night and another offered me a donkey to evacuate me using a lesser known exit. 😊
The main reason people visit is that Petra is one of the most fabulous and storied archaeological sites on the Planet. The fact that the Bedouin have a strong and long tradition of hospitality is a bonus and, in my experience of living in Jordan and, specifically in Petra, the Bedouin are welcoming no matter where they are found.
Tourism is only part of the story. Conservation values are also important here, and especially so because the sandstone is particularly vulnerable to damage.
Interesting - I hadn't imagined they were still living there. I lived in Wadi Musa and worked in Petra in 1981. At that time the powers that be were building accommodation - a village - to relocate the Bedouin inhabitants. One reason was the erosion on the site being caused by the goat-herding activities... (another may have been the large satellite TV dishes bolted to the rock-face). Really surprised that this has gone on for over forty years. A difficult situation that pits conservation values against traditional practices and, as usual, the economic agendas of all parties.
Help these people help Petra. They bring vitality to a pla e, otherwise its just a memorial to the dead. As a builder, the builders would feel shamed by kicking out the beduins.
It is both sad and difficult to balance the need to preserve Petra as the amazing site it is and to allow the Bedouin to occupy the area to give it life and soul. Perhaps there could be more communication between the government and the Bedouin to provide a better solution. Best wishes to everyone.
Simple solution/comprimise, hire them to take care of the place for tourism while allowing them to still live nearby. A few can remain in the caves as watchposts/security while aiding in exhibits showcasing what it was like to live in the caves, letting atleast a spark of that communtiy remain which can be brought back temporarily for special events etc. Just no longer fulltime dwellers.
I wanted to visit because I saw a vlog where a bedouin gave food to the tourist for free. Genuinely nice person. If there are no bedouins I am not going anymore.
That vlog was selling a fantasy. Petra is a source of income. If you'd have visited, you'd know what I mean. DW is a notorious for 1 sided manipulative journalism
so these ancestors helped build a collum while at the same time they shot guns at all the human representations which is why they are all so disfigured
It's sad. Bedouins in Petra are the most friendly people I met and I absolutely love their hospitality. On my first day in Petra back in March 2023, the main entrance was flooded due to heavy rain. I was resting and drinking tea in a cave until the rain stopped. The Bedouin cave dweller offered to let me stay the night and another offered me a donkey to evacuate me using a lesser known exit. 😊
Friendly to Jewish people?
greedy bureaucrats.
The Bedouin is the main reason people visit here. The locals give Petra a good vibe and atmosphere. 😊
The main reason people visit is that Petra is one of the most fabulous and storied archaeological sites on the Planet. The fact that the Bedouin have a strong and long tradition of hospitality is a bonus and, in my experience of living in Jordan and, specifically in Petra, the Bedouin are welcoming no matter where they are found.
Compensate these people for their destroyed goods.
Once again locals get screwed for the sake of tourism. Tourism is such a destructive force these days, one wonders if there's any ethics left in it.
Tourism is only part of the story. Conservation values are also important here, and especially so because the sandstone is particularly vulnerable to damage.
I thought Petra was like a movie set: fantastic front of the buildings and then nothing behind. I didn’t think they were real, functioning buildings.
The interiors are small, basic square rooms. In the movies, they swap out sets for the interiors like in Indiana Jones
Interesting - I hadn't imagined they were still living there. I lived in Wadi Musa and worked in Petra in 1981. At that time the powers that be were building accommodation - a village - to relocate the Bedouin inhabitants. One reason was the erosion on the site being caused by the goat-herding activities... (another may have been the large satellite TV dishes bolted to the rock-face). Really surprised that this has gone on for over forty years. A difficult situation that pits conservation values against traditional practices and, as usual, the economic agendas of all parties.
Help these people help Petra. They bring vitality to a pla e, otherwise its just a memorial to the dead. As a builder, the builders would feel shamed by kicking out the beduins.
It is both sad and difficult to balance the need to preserve Petra as the amazing site it is and to allow the Bedouin to occupy the area to give it life and soul. Perhaps there could be more communication between the government and the Bedouin to provide a better solution. Best wishes to everyone.
True enough... but this has actually been going on for over forty years. Cheers.
Simple solution/comprimise, hire them to take care of the place for tourism while allowing them to still live nearby. A few can remain in the caves as watchposts/security while aiding in exhibits showcasing what it was like to live in the caves, letting atleast a spark of that communtiy remain which can be brought back temporarily for special events etc. Just no longer fulltime dwellers.
Ahhhhhhhh PETRA!
I will visit you someday...
preserving the art but not the people.
Stop visiting Petra to support the grievances of Bedouins tribe.
Government housing would be much worse than living here! I would think anyway....
Disgraceful 😢
I wanted to visit because I saw a vlog where a bedouin gave food to the tourist for free. Genuinely nice person. If there are no bedouins I am not going anymore.
That vlog was selling a fantasy.
Petra is a source of income.
If you'd have visited, you'd know what I mean.
DW is a notorious for 1 sided manipulative journalism
How long have these people been living on this site?! Did you actually give them their government housing 30 years ago?
The Jordanian authorities doing to this autochthonous population exactly what the Israelis are blamed for doing to Palestinian people.
As soon as the dept. of antiquities was mentioned I knew what this was all about. We all know what happened in Egypt.
I lived and worked there 40 years ago. This issue is far more complex and nuanced than your assumption allows for.
Pretty sure, the Real mecca. At least that's what some scholars say.
Very Sacred place ❤ to my heart
Imagine if Israel did this. Yet because its muslim on muslim, no one in the Arab world is saying a word.
so these ancestors helped build a collum while at the same time they shot guns at all the human representations which is why they are all so disfigured
Syria could have respected both these people and UNESCO. SHAME on Syria for destroying their property and water access…. 😡🥺
Its Jorden 😅
I agree - blame Syria!!!
@@luzr6613 oops, I got my Middle East countries mixed up. But yeah, we can just blame Syria! 🥸
So what now they will hire people to play them , compensation is clearly need here
I'll never visit this place because of the way the locals are mistreated.
I will never visit because they are anti west. I am western.
Don't believe everything you see online.
Here’s your cavedrellers nol
Kids playing with a propane tank.....🤥
indiana jones and the last crusade!!!
Respect these natives . I will never spend $ as a tourist until you do. It's absolutely backwards thinking to harasses the deduin natives. Shameful