Tourism In The Middle East

Author : Rami Daher
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1845410505
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tourism in the Middle East written by Rami Daher and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2007 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Tourism in the Middle East' embodies a multi-discursive approach to the study of tourism in the region, offering not only different perspectives but qualifying local knowledge and realities.

Author : Dallen J. Timothy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317229231
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook on Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa written by Dallen J. Timothy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook on Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa examines the importance of tourism as a historical, economic, social, environmental, religious and political force in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It highlights the ecological and resource challenges related to water, desert environments, climate change and oil. It provides an in-depth analysis of the geopolitical conditions that have long determined the patterns of tourism demand and supply throughout the region and how these play out in the everyday lives of residents and destinations as they attempt to grow tourism or ignore it entirely. While cultural heritage remains the primary tourism asset for the region as a whole, many new types of tourisms are emerging, especially in the Arabian Gulf region, where hyper-development is closely associated with the increasingly prominent role of luxury real estate and shopping, retail, medical tourism, cruises and transit tourism. The growing phenomenon of an expatriate workforce, and how its segregation from the citizenry creates a dual socio-economic system in several countries, is unmatched by other regions of the world. Many indigenous people of MENA keep themselves apart from other dominant groups in the region, although these social boundaries are becoming increasingly blurred as tourism, being one socio-economic force for change, has inspired many nomadic peoples to settle into towns and villages and rely more on tourists for their livelihoods. All of these issues and more shape the foundations of this book. This Handbook is the first of its kind to examine tourism from a broad regional and inclusive perspective, surveying a broad range of social, cultural, heritage, ecological and political matters in a single volume. With a wide range of contributors, many of whom are natives of the Middle East and North Africa, this Handbook is a vital resource for students and scholars interested in Tourism, Middle East Studies and Geography.

Author : SIAMAK. SEYFI
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367547141
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural and Heritage Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa written by SIAMAK. SEYFI and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of cultural and heritage tourism in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the many complexities that heritage sites and tourist attractions face. The MENA region has long been regarded as the cradle of Western and Arab civilisation and is the home of many of the world's major religions. Because of this, the region is rich in heritage sites that serve as major tourist attractions and as icons of national, cultural and religious identity. However, as this book examines, heritage in the region is simultaneously highly contested and has even become a target for terrorism creating a situation that brought major challenges for heritage management and sustainable tourism development. Many of the region's innumerable cultural sites are threatened, in some cases by overuse, in others by neglect and, in many, simply by the pressures of economic development. This book is therefore of interest not only to heritage managers and policy makers but those academics who seek to address the delicate balance between tourism development, communities and the tourists who visit such sites in a turbulent but highly significant region of the world.

Author : Siamak Seyfi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000177165
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural and Heritage Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa written by Siamak Seyfi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of cultural and heritage tourism in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the many complexities that heritage sites and tourist attractions face. The MENA region has long been regarded as the cradle of Western and Arab civilisation and is the home of many of the world’s major religions. Because of this, the region is rich in heritage sites that serve as major tourist attractions and as icons of national, cultural and religious identity. However, as this book examines, heritage in the region is simultaneously highly contested and has even become a target for terrorism creating a situation that brought major challenges for heritage management and sustainable tourism development. Many of the region’s innumerable cultural sites are threatened, in some cases by overuse, in others by neglect and, in many, simply by the pressures of economic development. This book is therefore of interest not only to heritage managers and policy makers but those academics who seek to address the delicate balance between tourism development, communities and the tourists who visit such sites in a turbulent but highly significant region of the world.

Author : Professor Luna Khirfan
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409424073
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Heritage, Urban Design and Tourism written by Professor Luna Khirfan and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-12-28 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to the key relationships between heritage conservation, city space design, and tourism development in historic cities, linking theory and practice in a unique way. The book offers an investigation of three Middle Eastern historic cities, Aleppo, Acre and Salt, all of which face significant challenges of heritage conservation, adaptation to contemporary needs, and tourism development. It presents practical scenarios for the conservation and design of historic urban spaces and the development of sustainable tourism, from the perspective of planners, local communities and international tourists. The author offers a comparative approach which transcends political strife and provides valuable lessons for the other cities inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, especially those in developing countries.

Author : World Tourism Organization. Market Intelligence and Promotion Section
Publisher : WTO
ISBN 13 : 9789284411122
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Middle East written by World Tourism Organization. Market Intelligence and Promotion Section and published by WTO. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of a series of annual reports which analyse trends in international tourism, this volume focuses on regional and subregional tourism flows and earnings in 2004 in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as a whole, and by individual country, including arrivals, receipts, hotel capacity and major source markets. Overall, in 2004, the region received just over 36 million international tourist arrivals (almost five per cent of all arrivals worldwide), representing a growth rate of 21 per cent and part of a consistent growth pattern over recent years. Saudi Arabia continues to be the leading tourist destination in the region registering 8.6 million arrivals in 2004, followed by Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco.

Author : Julia Cassaniti
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501700979
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living Buddhism written by Julia Cassaniti and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-18 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Living Buddhism, Julia Cassaniti explores Buddhist ideas of impermanence, nonattachment, and intention as they are translated into everyday practice in contemporary Thailand. Although most lay people find these philosophical concepts difficult to grasp, Cassaniti shows that people do in fact make an effort to comprehend them and integrate them as guides for their everyday lives. In doing so, she makes a convincing case that complex philosophical concepts are not the sole property of religious specialists and that ordinary lay Buddhists find in them a means for dealing with life's difficulties. More broadly, the book speaks to the ways that culturally informed ideas are part of the psychological processes that we all use to make sense of the world around us.In an approachable first-person narrative style that combines interview and participant-observation material gathered over the course of two years in the community, Cassaniti shows how Buddhist ideas are understood, interrelated, and reinforced through secular and religious practices in everyday life. She compares the emotional experiences of Buddhist villagers with religious and cultural practices in a nearby Christian village. Living Buddhism highlights the importance of change, calmness (as captured in the Thai phrase jai yen, or a cool heart), and karma; Cassaniti's narrative untangles the Thai villagers' feelings and problems and the solutions they seek.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.6J/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tourism Market Trends written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of a series of six regional reports by the World Tourism Organization which consider trends in international tourism. The focus is on in-bound tourism. This report is divided into three sections: an overview of developments in the tourism market in the Middle East; a subregional analysis of tourism performance; and an indepth look at tourism trends within each country. The report covers the countries of the Middle East, North Africa and some Mediterranean areas. The statistics have been supplied by the individual countries and comparability is not assured due to variations in data collection methods. In 2000, there were 20.6 million international tourist arrivals in the Middle East region, which represents a 12.9% growth over the previous year.

Author : Hamed Almuhrzi
Publisher : Channel View Publications
ISBN 13 : 1845416163
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tourism in the Arab World written by Hamed Almuhrzi and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to explore Arabic tourism from a business viewpoint, rather than taking a sociological, anthropological or political stance. It focuses on business planning, management and marketing destinations in the Arab World, which are topics crucial for industry stakeholders and which have previously been neglected in the tourism literature. The book examines similarities and differences in the emergence and development of the tourism industry in countries across the Arab world as well as its inbound and outbound travel flows. It analyses several different aspects of Arabic tourism including tourism policy, organisation and planning, tourism product development, destination marketing and consumer behaviour. This volume will be of interest to postgraduate students and researchers of tourism studies, business and Middle Eastern studies.

Author : Kumud Sengupta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789284413966
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Middle East Outbound Travel Market written by Kumud Sengupta and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Middle East is one of the smallest, yet fastest growing, tourist generating regions in the world, with outbound travel quadrupling in the last 20 years. Despite the negative impact of the socio-political unrest in the Middle East on tourism flows, prospects for the sector remain positive. Compiled by UNWTO/ETC, this publication provides an in depth analysis of the structure and trends of this market, helping destinations and commercial operators plan ahead with greater foresight.