Sustainable Tourism Development: Assessment of Egyptian Sustainable Resorts

Tourism can do a great deal of good in destinations,
whether it be by bringing economic benefits to local communities,
helping with conservation efforts or in placing a value on aspects of
cultural heritage. As responsive travelers, we must all try to do more
of the good and less of the negative. This is simply description of the
sustainable tourism. This paper aims to set some criteria of successful
sustainable tourism development and then through these criteria
analyzing the development of some resorts in Egypt known as
sustainable resorts. Hence, a comprehensive improvement of the
touristic areas is certainly needed to ensure a successful sustainable
tourism development radiated the sense of uniformity and coherence.
Egypt can benefit from these criteria to develop its resorts in order to
preserve and revitalize its unique natural character and achieve mixed
uses and tourism development.

Authors:

• Riham A. Ragheb

Keywords:

• Egypt
• resorts
• sustainable tourism
• tourism development.

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