Tour guides in Petra stage a sit-in outside the Visitor Center to protest against the unfair competition of unlicensed tour guides

Country: 
Jordan
Date: 
21/02/2022
Description: 
Tour guides in Petra stage a sit-in outside the Visitor Center to protest against the unfair competition of unlicensed tour guides. They ended their sit-in after 2 days after Petra Development & Tourism Region Authority decided to implement measures to check whether guides entering the touristic site are licensed or not.
Actors / Mobilising structures: 
Workers group: Self-employed
Mode of action: 
Sit-in
Objective: 
Demands for rights / Services
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA: 
Corporatist grievances
Spatial characteristics: 
Location on national territory: Governorate level
Frequency: 
One off
State response: 
Bargaining
Location: 
Petra