Egypt offers you a rich cultural experience that spans thousands of years of history and the continuous practice of age old traditions. The impacts of ourism university of minnesota duluth. Egypt has been at the crossroads of different major civilizations. In a recent study, ghanem and saad 2015 investigated sustainable heritage tourism in egypt. Various new destinations in egypt have been promoted for tourism including the mediterranean coast, the red sea coast, the gulf of aqaba, upper egypt, and the western desert area daher 2007. Tourism, economic impacts, environmental impacts, social and. Nov 08, 2012 posts about cultural tourism written by memphistours. Not all impacts are applicable to every community because conditions or resources differ. The main aim of this research is to highlight the wellorganized and managed economic impacts by host communities on the host community. The word tourist appeared in print much later, in 1772 griffiths and griffiths, 1772. In general, tourism development within a host community often has impact.
To classify the expansive amount of tourist attractions in egypt it would be. Nevertheless, the mobilization of egypt s cultural and heritage resources for development requires a novel approach to tourism. Cultural issues in tourism, hospitality and leisure in the arabmuslim world. Successive egyptian governments have placed great emphasis on the value of cultural tourism, confident that no other countries could actually compete in t. Both the actions of investors and of tourists are having negative impacts on the socio cultural values and environmental assets of host communities all over the world. Cultural tourism is an important sector relating to the economical growth of egypt and has an influential role in the increase of employment, heritage preservation and strengthening the financial background of the country. Based on the interviews which are conducted with the stakeholders at the destination such as locals. In egypt, with its excellent travel attractions and cultural ambiance, the smiling faces of the locales are an added charm. Community attitude each category includes positive and negative impacts. William theobald suggests that the word tour comes.
Measuring tourism s contribution to the national economy, to create a database indicating tourism s economic effect on other economic sectors, and to enable the ministrys formulation of tourism policies. Egypt has many of the effects of the pharaonic, greek, romanian, museums, has created cultural tourism since the discovery of ancient egyptian monuments decoding hieroglyphs, and even now does not break missions effects, travelers, tourists and authors of books, tourism to egypt has. Pdf prior research on heritage tourism has suggested a set of general guidelines to develop sustainability in heritage sites, but these lack. Egypt crosscultural and language training communicaid. The role and importance of cultural tourism in modern touri sm industry 203 according to hofstede 1997 the core of a culture is formed by the values figure 1. Cultural heritage tourism in egypt and memphis, egypts. This approach strikes a balance between heritage conservation, tourism requirements, and local development needs. Demonstrate indepth understanding of how a cultural process shapes geographic environments involves. Identifying related challenges in the domain of tourism and cultural heritage promotion as well as museums. Developments and challenges in the hospitality and tourism sector. Jul 21, 2016 an engine of inclusive growth and sustainable growthin africa egyptian minister of tourism. It is indeed one of the most interesting archeological sites of the world because of this. All these sweet fragments are the best part of the visit to egypt program and will remain with you as a memory forever.
The transformation of egypt as a destination for mass tourism has profoundly reshaped the national territory. A quick scan of major tourism and hospitality journals supports the paucity of existing articles on consumer behavior regarding arabmuslim tourists. The culture of egypt egypt travel information, egypt. Fortunately, the study of cultural issues was not new to euricur. Pdf enhancing sustainable heritage tourism in egypt. This article examines how the revolution of egyptian tourism has led to the development of previously desert areas the shores of the red sea and of the mediterranean sea in an inversion of the previously nile valleycentred tourism maps. The role and importance of cultural tourism in modern.
The sustainable investment in tourism in egypt site project is designed to improve management, conservation and promotion of heritage, to draw economic benefits from tourism development via a focus on cultural tourism promotion and build capacity among tourism industry employees. Together with tourism and oil and gas exports, the canal continues to be one of egypts major sources of revenues. This product is licensed and is not to be photocopied published. Travel and tourism in egypt to 2018 marketresearch. Egypts total area of 386,662 square miles 1,001,450 sq km makes it the 30th largest country in the world. It is also an industry that has many social and cultural or physical consequences. Historicalarcheology tourism is a major tourism product for egypt and will grow steadily in the future. The climate of egypt is desert and as such it has very hot, dry summers and mild winters.
Intellectual property, tourism and culture, egypt wipo. Much has occurred in the past twenty years in development of the tourism industry in egypt. The best cultural activities in cairo plan your next trip here. African studies american studies ancient near east and egypt art history asian studies book history and cartography biblical. More than 316 exhibitors from 41 countries participate in the first international exhibition of defense and military industries edex 2018 in egypt 03 dec 12. Egypt s cultural tourism trade has fluctuated since the 19th century, increasing in popularity alongside the rise of egyptology as an academic and amateur pursuit. A call to protect egyptian antiquities, cultural heritage. A call to protect egyptian antiquities, cultural heritage and. Successive dynasties witness flourishing trade, prosperity and the development of great cultural traditions. A call to protect egyptian antiquities, cultural heritage and tourism economy we, the undersigned, strongly urge immediate action to protect egyptian antiquities, important sites, and cultural heritage. Egypts tourism industry, one of the main sources of hard currency has started to become affected by the global financial crisis with more than a 30% decline in hotel bookings in january 2009 when compared with january 2008. In a tourism setting, heritage can be misused in a variety of ways for a variety of purposes by a variety of stakeholders. Posts about cultural tourism written by memphistours.
Successive egyptian governments have placed great emphasis on the value of cultural tourism, confident that no other countries could actually compete in this area. This ongoing research program seeks to increase available knowledge that is relevant to crosscultural interactions the data are a result of 17,000 15. The hofstede survey, which measures specific cultural values in countries, can be use to compare values in countries that have been surveyed. Get the latest and most uptodate tourism statistics for all the countries and regions around the world. Cairo, egypts capital which is located in the nile valley, has an average july high temperature of 94. Seasonality of tourism in egypt, as a solution to the problem of population settlement and a lot of the economic crisis, especially in developing countries. How issues such as tourism and sustainable development can be taken into consideration through conservation plans for archaeological sites. Data on inbound, domestic and outbound tourism is available, as well as on tourism industries, employment and complementary indicators. Oct 24, 2014 cultural tourism in egypt we have two main destinations the red sea and the white sea, and the cultural part.
This diversification of tourism in the country has been. Developments and challenges in the hospitality and tourism. Institut francais degypte, cairo, egypt cultural and heritage tourism are significantly potential forces in shaping the economic and societal development in egypt. The egyptian cultural heritage organisation echo is a charitable organisation committed to assisting young egyptians in preserving and managing the world heritage of egypt as the most effective, longterm, sustainable and least expensive means of safeguarding the threatened archaeological record. Invest in egypt tourism 3 tourism sector overview egypt s tourism industry is among the most diverse and vibrant in the world. Cultural tourism in egypt we have two main destinations the red sea and the white sea, and the cultural part. Egypt famous historical heritage sites have enabled the egyptians to carry. Egypt was finally readmitted to the arab league in 1989 and in the first decade of the 2000s, cairo successfully pursued economic reforms to attract foreign investment and facilitate gdp growth. The role of heritage science in building a sustainable future for egypts cultural heritage and embedding archaeological conservation within plans for driving economic growth and social wellbeing. Tourism is the cultural and archaeological sites of the most important and oldest types of egypt holidays, as egypt has many of the effects of the pharaonic, greek, romanian, museums, has created cultural tourism since the discovery of ancient egyptian monuments decoding hieroglyphs, and even now does not break missions effects, travelers, tourists and authors of books. Tourism is an industry with enormous economic impacts.
The egypt culture immerses you into the traditions, languages, history civilizations of ancient places. Up to 3,000 tourists witnessed on wednesday 2222012 the celebration of the more than 3000year phenomena of the sun falling perpendicular on the face of king ramses ii statue at the city of abu simbel, in southern egypt. Without the nile river, all of egypt would be desert. It is derived from the latin hospes, which encompasses the words guest, host, and foreigner latdict, 2014. Pdf geotourism in egypt and its economic and cultural impact. Tourism like many other industries is often used as a national or regional development tool. Cultural issues in tourism, hospitality and leisure in the. Travel and tourism in egypt to 2018 page 1 timetric. Tourism and sustainable development in egypt plan bleu. Usaid supports the development, implementation, and promotion of an alternative tourism development approach in esna, in luxor governorate, that improves the towns potential for responsible cultural tourism. Economic impact, geotourism is not well known in egypt, although the country possess plenty of geosites could promote this branch of tourism. Egypts antiquities are both a part of its cultural heritage and an opportunity to create jobs and raise incomes. Cultural tourism is the subset of tourism concerned with a travelers engagement with a country or regions culture, specifically the lifestyle of the people in those geographical areas, the history of those people, their art, architecture, religions, and other elements that helped shape their way of. Egypt is considered one of the most important destinations in historical and cultural tourism, theres no other places in the world hold more secrecy than egypt.
If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. View images cairo, the capital of egypt, is one of the most populated cities in africa and the middle east. All statistical tables available are displayed and can be accessed individually. As one of the pillars of egypts economy, the travel industry serves as a leading. Historicalarcheology tourism with the nile cruise is the most popular products in the top five countries of origin of visitors. Successive dynasties witness flourishing trade, prosperity and. Thus the tourism industry has stretched from seaside to mountain resorts and. Jan 17, 2020 egypts total area of 386,662 square miles 1,001,450 sq km makes it the 30th largest country in the world. The culture of egypt egypt travel information, egypt trip. Cultural and recreational tourism in egypt cultural. Tourism is one of the most important components of the global economy.
Cultural heritage is an expression of the ways of living developed by a community and passed on from generation to generation, including customs, practices, places, objects, artistic expressions and values. A sound base of theoretical work and comparative research in related fields such as cultural tourism, culture and heritage planning, economic clusters, and the knowledgebased economy could be built upon. The role and importance of cultural tourism in modern tourism. In so doing, significant archaeological artifacts and irreplaceable historic objects will be. One of the most significant of egypts ancient necropolises, bent pyramid is located just 40 km 25 mi south of cairo. Of course cultural tourism in egypt has been affected, because all the trouble and incidents were happening in cairo. Egypt is a well established famous touristic destination preferred by 14 million international tourists in 2010. The interface between heritage and tourism is extremely complex. The tourism rebound in egypt egypts tourism industry is again on the rise, with promising hotel construction plans, new investment from the red sea to cairo, and millions of tourists from around the world travelling to our shores. The impacts of tourism on society research papers in. In the present paper we are trying to observe the impacts of tourism on society from three perspectives.
The impacts of tourism can be sorted into seven general categories. Cultural tourism is an important sector relating to the economical growth of egypt and has an influential role in the increase of employment, heritage preservation and. The weak preparations for tourism in general, whether cultural or recreational. Promoting tourism as an engine of inclusive growth and. Cultural tourism can be considered the most fascinating type of. It is considered by many communities, especially in emerging countries the only tool for development, and the only chance for increasing the quality of life. International journal of culture, tourism and hospitality research, volume 9, issue 1 there has been a significant increase in the number of studies investigating cultural influences on consumer behavior in tourism, hospitality and leisure, particularly in australia, the usa. The goal is to increase egypts share of global tourism to.
The different levels of culture will be the rituals, the heroes and the symbols of the given. Nevertheless, the mobilization of egypts cultural and heritage resources for development requires a novel approach to tourism. The role of culture in foreign direct investment and trade. The website provides insights on hofstedes research into national and organizational. Prefabricated egyptian attractions and structures are scattered across the vast floor of the luxorreplicas of tombs, statues of kings and queens. Usaid gant to promote cultural heritage tourism in egypt. Get lost in time, visit museums that display thousands of ancient artifacts such as coins, ceramic art, busts of ancient emperors, mosaics, sarcophagi and. Posted on december 16, 20 by daniel patrick prosick leave a comment.
Cultural tourism has grown rapidly in the past few decades as a result of more income, higher levels of education, globalization processes that make the world a smaller place, technology, the effects of media and. Egypts cultural tourism trade has fluctuated since the 19th century, increasing in popularity alongside the rise of egyptology as an academic and amateur pursuit. The invention of writing was essential for the system of government that evolved in ancient egypt and for the preservation of egyptian culture. Cultural heritage is often expressed as either intangible or tangible cultural heritage icomos, 2002. How do arabmuslim tourists conduct tourism, is underresearched and remains speculative at best, despite the growing number and diversity of this tourist market.
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