POTENCIÁL CESTOVNÍHO RUCHU V ZEMÍCH STŘEDNÍHO VÝCHODU
THE POTENTIAL OF TOURISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Author(s): Iveta Hamarneh
Subject(s): Cultural history, Business Economy / Management, Regional Geography, Tourism
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Tourism; localization assumptions of tourism; Egypt; United Arab Emirates; Jordan; Lebanon; Saudi Arabia; Middle East;
Summary/Abstract: Middle East according to prognostic materials of the World Tourism Organization is one ofthe dynamically developing regions of international tourism. In the years 2011 - 2012 but the development was negatively affected tourism so called Arab Spring, the consequences of which are evident in the region till now. Part of the region are 14 countries, all of which abound in very attractive localization assumptions of tourism - and it does not matter whether we speak about rich states or about the states belonging to the poorest countries of the world. On the one hand, we can find here the countries that profit from mining and quarrying (esp. Crude oil) and tourism is for them rather marginal. And on the other hand, we can find states that excel in any mineral wealth, but rather excel in both natural and cultural-historical tourism potential and for them it currently represents a significant source of income (eg. Egypt) or countries in tourism gradually involved (eg. Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) and whose potential is also very important.

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