Ala Al-Hamarneh
Johannes Gutenberg-Mainz University
INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AND POLITICAL CRISIS IN THE ARAB WORLD – FROM 9/11 TO THE “ARAB SPRING’
The uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt inspired the Arab nations and the world alike. The socalled “Arab Spring” set out on its difficult sociopolitical turbulent path. Tourism industries were the first to suffer, beginning in the tourist destinations of Tunisia and Egypt, then following the path of the snowball effect of the protests, in many Arab countries. The only destination that was able to stabilize the tourism industry and to achieve growth is the UAE, mainly Dubai. The paper discusses the rise of the intraregional mobility in the Arab World and the development of new tourism trends in the post-“Arab Spring” uprisings.
Keywords: Tourism, Arab world, Arab Spring, Islamic tourism, intraregional tourism, mobility, Dubai.
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