Abstract
The study aimed at identifying the level of tourism planning impediments to the development of the tourism sector in Jordan. To achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive analytical approach was used and a questionnaire was prepared to collect data after verifying their validity and stability. The study sample consisted of 500 employees (male/female) of the tourism sector (public and private) in Jordan. The results showed that the level of planning in the Jordanian tourism sector was at the average. While the level of impediments (environmental, organizational, administrative and media) to the development of the tourism sector in Jordan was high, Also, the results showed that the level of impediment (social, service and political) to develop the tourism sector in Jordan at the averaged. The most prominent of these impediments is poverty, which is one of the causes of environmental degradation to carry out destructive practices of the environment such as overgrazing, logging, and the lack of some entertainment projects at tourist facilities to attract tourists and families. Keywords: Tourism Planning, Impediments, Development, Tourism Sector, Jordan. DOI: 10.7176/JTHS/48-04 Publication date: March 31 st 2020
Highlights
The interest in tourism planning led to the advent of tourism, especially after the Second World War, that governments and organizations pay attention to the development of international travel and increase the diversity of forms of tourism that are local and global, or are single-purpose or multi-objective or vary in duration (Abdelkader, 2006).Tourism planning is one of the vital processes for developing tourism and facing change that can only be achieved through careful planning and careful follow-up
The study sample consisted of 500 employees of the tourism sector in Jordan
The results showed that the level of planning in the Jordanian tourism sector was at the average
Summary
The interest in tourism planning led to the advent of tourism, especially after the Second World War, that governments and organizations pay attention to the development of international travel and increase the diversity of forms of tourism that are local and global, or are single-purpose or multi-objective or vary in duration (Abdelkader, 2006).Tourism planning is one of the vital processes for developing tourism and facing change that can only be achieved through careful planning and careful follow-up. Tourism planning is linked to the tourism sector in facing negative variables and benefiting from the positive variables and employing and exploiting them (Qasymh, 2010). The development of tourist areas requires the comprehensive planning of different economic sectors taking into consideration the positive and negative effects of development (Qasymh, 2010). It is considered one of the main sources of national income in addition to the comprehensive cultural development of all natural, human and material components. Tourism development is a means of economic development (Bzazu, 2012)
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