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10/20/25, 11:08 AM UAE’s Masfout Featured On UN Tourism’s Best Tourism Villages 2025 List
UAE’s Masfout, Jordan’s North Azraq Featured On UN Tourism’s
Best Tourism Villages 2025 List
By Syed Sadain Gardazi Forbes Middle East Staff Oct 18, 2025, 0:22 AM
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The special ceremony in which the list was announced was attended by a UAE delegation led by Mahmood Khaleel
Alhashmi, director general of the Ajman Department of Tourism Development (ADTD). Image by WAM / Website
Masfout village, located in the UAE’s emirate of Ajman, and North Azraq in Jordan, were featured
by UN Tourism on its Best Tourism Villages list 2025.
Best Tourism Villages 2025
UN Tourism recognized 52 villages across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe
in the fifth edition of the list, which were shortlisted from more than 270 applications from 65
members of the UN body, according to a statement issued Friday.
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