“It was great! I finally got to see people again and tell them about the country!” says tour guide Daniela Piras of her recent tour in Jordan. Starting from the capital Amman, she visited the legendary rock city of Petra, among other places, with 24 travelers. It was the first long-distance trip for the 46-year-old since 2019. The ups and downs of the pandemic The coronavirus pandemic resulted in an almost complete collapse of the long-haul travel market. According to the German Travel Association (DRV), the shortfall last season was 94 percent compared with the pre-COVID year of 2019, and the drop in sales for tour operator travel was 69 percent.…