Sustainable tourism development of historical and religious roads: as applied to the Sinai Peninsula

Abstract

In spite of its prominent importance and the diversity of its tourism resources (such as mountains, valleys, sulfur water eyes, nature reserves, rare medicinal and other plants, virgin beaches and pure red sea water), historical roads in Egypt are not developed in a way that is commensurate with its position and Richness of its resources. These roads suffer from neglect and the absence of tourism development plans, as well as problems with regard to methods of restoration and archaeological excavations. Moreover, there are not a sufficient number of tourism studies that stand on the reasons why these wealthy areas are not being developed in tourism or are exposed to effective methods of developing them within the framework of sustainability. The research studies historical (commercial, military, and religious) roads in the Sinai Peninsula in terms of their constituents and obstacles to implementing sustainable tourism development in them. The research presents some proposals that must be taken into consideration to ensure effective tourism development in those roads and its surroundings, which contributes to the historical roads in the Sinai In the ranks of historical and religious areas in the Arab region as they deserve to be.