Routledge Handbook on Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Timothy, Dallen

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This handbook provides a comprehensive statement about the supply and demand for tourism in the Middle East, deconstructs the challenges and opportunities facing the region from a tourism perspective, and delivers a succinct account of the important variables affecting the industry's growth and development throughout the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317229230
• Artikelnr.: 57480631

Autorenporträt

Dallen J. Timothy is Professor of Community Resources and Development and Senior Sustainability Scientist at Arizona State University. He also holds visiting professorships and research associateships in China, Spain and South Africa. His research interests include cultural heritage-based tourism, religious tourism, peripheral regions, heritage cuisines and geopolitics.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: The Space and Place of MENA
Chapter 1. Introduction: Understanding the Middle East and North Africa
Dallen J. Timothy
Chapter 2. The Physical Geography of the Middle East in the Anthropocene
C. Michael Hall
Chapter 3. The Middle East and North Africa: A Dynamic Cultural Realm
Dallen J. Timothy
Chapter 4. Tourism Trends and Patterns in MENA: A Resource Perspective
Dallen J. Timothy
Part II: Heritage, Culture and Urban Space
Chapter 5. Intangible Heritage and Cultural Protection in the Middle East
Mairna H. Mustafa
Chapter 6. Deciphering 'Arab Hospitality': Identifying Key Characteristics
and Concerns Marcus L. Stephenson and Nazia Ali
Chapter 7. Tourism and Indigenous Communities: Linking Reterritorialization
and Decolonization in North Africa Christine N. Buzinde
Chapter 8. Urban Heritage in the Middle East: Heritage, Tourism and the
Shaping of New Identities Aylin Orbäli
Part III: Religion and Tourism
Chapter 9. Religion, Pilgrimage and Tourism in the Middle East Daniel H.
Olsen
Chapter 10. Islamic Tourism in the Middle East Hamira Zamani-Farahani,
Michele Carboni, Carlo Perelli and Neda Torabi Farsani
Chapter 11. Contemporary Jewish Tourism: Pilgrimage, Religious Heritage and
Educational Tourism Noga Collins-Kreiner
Chapter 12. Christian Tourism in the Middle East: Holy Land and
Mediterranean Perspectives Dallen J. Timothy and Amos S. Ron
Part IV: Natural and Environmental Challenges
Chapter 13. MENA as a Critical Meeting Point between Tourism and Water
Resources Nurit Kliot
Chapter 14. Oil in the Middle East: A Critical Resource for Tourism
Susanne Becken and Harald A. Friedl
Chapter 15. Desert Landscapes and Tourism in the Middle East and North
Africa Alan S. Weber
Chapter 16. Tourism and Climate Change in the Middle East C. Michael Hall
Part V: Tourism and Geopolitics
Chapter 17. Tourism as a Tool for Colonization, Segregation, Displacement
and Dispossession: The Case of East Jerusalem, Palestine Rami K. Isaac
Chapter 18. Tourism and Conflict in the Middle East Richard W. Butler
Chapter 19. Image Repair Strategies Adopted by MENA National Tourism Boards
during and Following Crises Eli Avraham
Part VI: Transportation
Chapter 20. Cruise Tourism in the Middle East Magdalena Karolak
Chapter 21. Local Transportation and Tourism in the MENA Region Ammar O.
Abulibdeh
Chapter 22. Air route development and transit tourism in the Middle East
Bojana Spasojevic and Gui Lohmann
Part VII: Contemporary Trends
Chapter 23. Halal Tourism: A Growing Market on a Global Stage Asad Mohsin
and Chris Ryan
Chapter 24. Much Ado about Halal Tourism: Religion, Religiosity or None of
the Above? Omar Moufakkir, Yvette Reisinger and Dhoha AlSaleh
Chapter 25. Tourism, Migration and an Expatriate Workforce in the Middle
East Kevin Hannam and Cody Morris Paris
Chapter 26. Business Travel and the MICE Industry in the Middle East Joan
C. Henderson
Chapter 27. Medical Tourism: In Search of an Economic Niche John Connell
Chapter 28. Shopping, Tourism and Hyper-Development in the Middle East and
North Afr