SOCIO- ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF RURAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE RURAL TOURISM SECTOR (CASE STUDY IN TUNIS VILLAGE IN FAYOUM GOVERNORATE)

Abstract

The objective of the study was to identify the socio-economic impactsof rural employment in the tourism and agricultural sectors. To achieve thismain objective, the following sub-objectives were to be formulated: To identifythe social impacts of rural employment in the tourism and agriculture sectorsand related variables, Rural and tourism sectors and related variables, identifythe most important problems that limit the role of tourism in rural developmentand proposals to solve them from the point of view of the respondents wasselected Fayoum governorate to conduct the total number of inhabitants of thevillage of Tunisia working in the tourism and agricultural sectors, according tothe records of (1267) individuals, was randomized. The size of this sample wasestimated using the Krejcie and Morgan equation, ). Similarly, for theagricultural sector, the sample size was also 276 agricultural workers, and toobtain the field data needed for the study. Two questionnaires were designedfor rural workers in both tourism and agricultural sectors. A pre- To confirm thetruth of the worst The research data were collected during the period from Julyto September 2018. The analysis of the study data used several differentstatistical methods and measurements to achieve the objectives of the study andtest their hypotheses. The use of the Chi square test and the use of percentagesin highlighting these relations,. Some descriptive statistical methods such asfrequency distributions, percentages, averages, range and standard deviationwere used in the presentation and description of study variablesThe results of the study indicated the following1-The results of the Kay square test showed a significant correlation at theprobability level of 0.01 or 0.05 among tourism and agriculture workers inrelation to all the social variables of the study: educational level, culturalopenness, geographical openness, level of ambition, Leadership, membership oforganizations , The level of family health care.2-The results of the Kay square test showed a significant correlation betweenthe workers in the tourism sector and the farmer in relation to all the economicvariables of the study: average monthly income, ownership of householdappliances, housing status, spending on recreational aspects.The study ended with a discussion of its main findings and a set ofrecommendations that may help increase rural attitudes towards tourism.