Local People At
Local
People Attitudes toward Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts of Tourism
in Siwa Oasis
Tamer Hamdy Abd
El Latif Ayad* and Ye Shujun
Beijing Jiaotong
University, School of Economics and Management, Beijing, China.
Abstract: Tourism is the world’s largest industry
and one of the fastest growing sectors, accounting for over one-third of the
value of total worldwide services trade. Tourism, in the last few decades, has
become an indispensable source of income for developing countries. Tourism come
in many shapes and forms such as social, cultural, economic and environmental
and is recognized by specialists as a sector which support and sustain economic
growth recording important increases in different parts of the world. It has
proven effectiveness as it has significant effect on culture, environment and
provide economic incentive both in developed regions and in developing or poor
regions. This paper aim to examine the locals’ people perceptions about
economic, social and environmental impacts of tourism on the quality of life
and cultural heritage of Siwa Oasis. A quantitative research method was adopted
for this study. To achieve the research objectives, data has been collected
through 236 questionnaires distributed among Siwa Oasis local citizens. Also
secondary data has been used together with reviewing some literature in the
field of tourism economics and tourism development. The results revealed that
tourism development has positive impacts on Siwa Oasis citizens from the
viewpoints of Siwa local people. However there are a quite number of citizens
who failed to decide positive or negative scale for a number of tourism
development measures. So tourism development policies in Siwa Oasis should
concentrate on tourism projects that are fulfilling the requirements of
sustainable tourism development. To maximize the benefits of tourism development
in Siwa Oasis, it is essential to create local culture consciousness for the
importance of concentrating on sustainability requirements in the future.
[Tamer Hamdy Abd El Latif Ayad and Ye
Shujun. Local People Attitudes
toward Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts of Tourism in Siwa Oasis. Life Sci J 2013;10(1):2874-2883] (ISSN:1097-8135).http://www.lifesciencesite.com.
Key Words: Tourism Development, Economic Impact, Social Impact, Environmental Impact, Siwa.
