Premium
Tourism in the Middle East: Conflicts, Crises and Economic Diversification, Some Critical Issues
Author(s) -
Morakabati Yeganeh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.1882
Subject(s) - tourism , diversification (marketing strategy) , middle east , economy , economic geography , politics , vulnerability (computing) , tourism geography , economics , business , development economics , natural resource economics , geography , political science , marketing , computer security , archaeology , computer science , law
This paper briefly examines tourism activity over a 60‐year period in the UNWTO Middle East region together with Israel and Iran. The region has been subject to political turmoil over that period, and its tourist arrivals have not fully capitalized on the potential that the region holds. The region has a wealth of heritage, a climate conducive to tourism and a range of leisure resources that should provide a comparative and competitive advantage to its tourism industry. This paper examines the vulnerability of tourism in the region as countries try to diversify their economies away from energy dependence. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.