Abstract
This paper attempts to shed the light on challenging issues affecting travel and tourism industry especially in the Middle East such as political, socio-economic and security instability. Due to its geopolitical and historical importance, the paper focuses on the situation in Egypt as a descriptive case study. The methodology relies on historical review and impact assessment to understand the roots and extended branches of instability in the Middle East that led to the Arab Spring, by focusing on the Egyptian case in the last half century. The assessment explains the negative effect of Western and Egyptian policy on extending the contemporary Middle East crisis by using militarization over sustainability. The assessment not only shows the consequences and risks for the local population and visitors, but also suggests potential corrective actions.
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Mohamed, Tamer Z.F and Elseyoufi, Tamer S.
(2018)
"Terrorism in the Middle East: Implications on Egyptian Travel and Tourism,"
International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage:
Vol. 6:
Iss.
3, Article 7.
Available at:
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijrtp/vol6/iss3/7
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