Google Street View has mapped the ancient city of Petra,providing armchair travellers with a video tour of its historic sights – with commentary by Queen Rania of JordanWar and terrorist attacks may have effect an stop to tourism in the Middle East – at least in the short to medium term – but armchair travellers can now take a tour around one of the region’s most notorious sites without leaving their desk. Google Street View has launched a virtual tour of the ancient city of Petra, declared one of the “new” seven wonders of the world in 2001.
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Source: theguardian.com