Międzynarodowy ruch turystyczny zagrożeniem dla zabytków architektury nabatejskiej i społeczności lokalnej na terenie Petry
International Tourist Traffic as a Threat to Architectural Monuments of the Nabatean and Local Communities in the Petra Area

Summary/Abstract: With its numerous tourist attractions Jordan is one of the most developed and the most frequently visited country in the Middle East. The rock city of Petra, which was the capital of “the Arabian Kingdom”, also known as the city of Nabataeans, located in the south-western part of Jordan with many valuable sights and monuments, appears to be the best-known and most frequently visited city by tourists. Tourism, in general, is usually associated with positive and rarely with negative consequences. Therefore, the discussed issues were related to the increasing intensity of international tourist flows and their negative impact on the sights and monuments, as well as on the local community. The research objective was to analyse the tourist flows in Petra considering selected tourist attractions of Jordan. Its aim was also to investigate the negative impact of the development of tourist services offered in this region on the architectural monuments and the Bedouin tribes living in Petra.

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