By Zain Khasawneh, Jordan Times.
AMMAN – Wedding industry businesses have witnessed a boom over the past two months as people rush to get married before Ramadan, due to start in early August.
Demand for wedding halls, rented cars and flowers surged sharply over the past few months, because of the impending fasting month and the return of Jordanian expatriates in July, according to wedding services providers interviewed by The Jordan Times.
Reservations for wedding halls went up by almost 20 per cent according to Faisal Maaytah, who explained that the industry has recovered from the slowdown it witnessed last year.
The unprecedented rise in gold prices, which would place an additional burden on grooms, has not deterred people from proceeding with marriage arrangements, the wedding hall manager said.
Maaytah noted that many Jordanians tend to fix their wedding dates in June and July as Jordanians working abroad, mainly in the Gulf region, return to the country for the summer holidays.
Hisham Ayyad, a manager at a car rental shop in Amman, agreed.
“Expatriates return to Jordan to attend weddings of their relatives or friends and sometimes for their own,” he said, noting that Jordanians working in the Gulf usually hire luxury cars, such as limousines.
