The new territories of tourism in Egypt: a local-global frontier?

Cybergeo

关键词: hotel;    industry;    international brands;    state;    globalization/globalisation;    territory;   

DOI  :  10.4000/cybergeo.23324

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The transformation of Egypt as a destination for mass tourism has profoundly reshaped the national territory. This article examines how the revolution of Egyptian tourism has led to the development of previously desert areas – the shores of the Red Sea and of the Mediterranean Sea – in an inversion of the previously Nile Valley-centred tourism maps. It shows that those new tourism territories are produced by a combination of processes acting on different geographical scales, from the local to the global. The article examines in particular the combined role of four players: the tourist, the state, the local entrepreneur, and the global tourism industry.

【 授权许可】

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