Jordan to Get $1 Billion Star Trek Entertainment Resort

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Jordan is to get a new $1 billion resort in Aqaba based on the 2009 film, Star Trek. His Majesty King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, famously made a non-speaking appearance on an episode of Star Trek: Voyager in 1996 (the middle character in blue, above).

The Red Sea Astrarium (TRSA) is being creatively developed by Paramount Recreation under license from CBS Consumer Products. The 184-acre resort will feature ancient Middle Eastern culture as well as Star Trek-themed entertainment. Theatrical productions and adventure experiences will amuse the guests of the five star accommodation.

Rubicon Group Holding, who are designing and producing the attraction, estimate that the development will generate around 500 jobs. It will also serve as a centre for sustainability with a new education centre explaining the greywater harvesting, solar and wind energy technology utilised by the park.


In This Story: Kingdom of Jordan

Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in the Levant region of Western Asia, on the East Bank of the Jordan River. The Dead Sea is located along its western borders and the country has a 26-kilometre (16 mi) coastline on the Red Sea in its extreme south-west. Jordan is strategically located at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe. The capital, Amman, is Jordan’s most populous city.

Jordan is a founding member of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation. The sovereign state is a constitutional monarchy.

From as early as 1948, Jordan has accepted refugees from multiple neighbouring countries in conflict. An estimated 2.1 million Palestinian and 1.4 million Syrian refugees are present in Jordan as of a 2015 census. The kingdom is also a refuge to thousands of Iraqi Christians fleeing persecution by ISIL.

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