Tourism in the Middle East: Continuity, Change and Transformation (Tourism and Cultural Change, 9)

This Edited Volume On Tourism In The Middle East Embodies A Multi-discursive Approach To The Study Of Tourism In The Region Offering Not Only Different Perspectives But Qualifying Local Knowledge And Realities. The Book Re-examines The Discourse Of Tourism Within Geopolitical Contemporary Regional Realities. The Book Re-conceptualizes Tourism As A Discourse Linked To Heritage And Identity Construction, National And Global Economies, And Development Of Local Communities. Alternatively, A New Discursive Approach To The Understanding Of Tourism Emerges Out Of Invigorating And Stimulating Latent Regional Realities And The Social Histories Of Various Towns, Villages, And Cultural Landscapes Within The Contested And Politically-charged Region Of The Middle East. The Book Investigates Issues Of National Identity, Authenticity, Definition Of Heritage, Representation Of Cultures And Regions, Community And Tourism Development, Urban Tourism, Heritage Conservation And Tourism, And Tourism Related Investments Through A New Vision For The Region That Transcends Current Geopolitics Or National And Formal Historiographies. 1. Reconceptualizing Tourism In The Middle East : Place, Heritage, Mobility And Competitiveness / Rami Farouk Daher -- 2. A Historiography Of Tourism In Cairo : A Spatial Perspective / Noha Nasser -- 3. From One Globalization To Another : In Search Of The Seeds Of Modern Tourism In The Levant, A Western Perspective / Xavier Guillot -- 4. Digital Spatial Representations : New Communication Processes And 'middle Eastern' Unesco World Heritage Sites Online / Scott Macleod -- 5. Visitors, Visions And Veils : The Portrayal Of The Arab World In Tourism Advertising / Saba Al Mahadin And Peter Burns -- 6. The 'islamic' City And Tourism : Managing Conservation And Tourism In Traditional Neighbourhoods / Aylin Orbasli. Edited By Rami Farouk Daher. Includes Bibliographical References. Re-examines the discourse of tourism within geopolitical contemporary regional realities, and re-conceptualizes tourism as a discourse linked to heritage and identity construction, and national and global economies. This volume on tourism in the Middle East embodies a multi-discursive approach to the study of tourism in the region. This edited volume on tourism in the Middle East embodies a multi-discursive approach to the study of tourism in the region offering not only different perspectives, but also qualifying local knowledge and realities. The book re-examines the discourse of tourism within geopolitical contemporary regional realities. The book re-conceptualizes tourism as a discourse linked to heritage and identity construction, national and global economies, and development of local communities. Alternatively, a new discursive approach to the understanding of tourism emerges out of invigorating and stimulating latent regional realities and the social histories of various towns, villages, and cultural landscapes within the contested and politically-charged region of the Middle East. The book investigates issues of national identity, authenticity, definition of heritage, representation of cultures and regions, community and tourism development, urban tourism, heritage conservation and tourism, and tourism related investments through a new vision for the region that transcends current geopolitics or national and formal historiographies