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.
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