Cultural and Heritage Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa - Complexities, Management and Practices (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility
Release date:	August 2022
First published:	2021
Editors:	C. Michael Hall • Siamak Seyfi
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-54714-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > Tourism industry Promotions
LSN:	0-367-54714-7
Barcode:	9780367547141

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