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Jordanian authorities recently announced a $100 million plan to attract more than 1 million Christian pilgrims to the site of Jesus’ baptism in 2030, officially known as Bethany Beyond the Jordan. TheUNESCO World Heritage site currently attracts around 200,000 visitors per year, however, Jordan hopes to drastically increase that number to coincide with the 2,000th anniversary of Jesus’ baptism. Known locally as Al-Maghtas, the site sits along the River Jordan and was discovered after a normalisation deal between Jordan and Israel. King Abdullah II unveiled the Al-Maghtas development plan in De…