Tourism Sector Development in Jordan Constituents, Challenges and Requirements

Abstract

Tourism planning in Jordan is one of the main sources of income for the Jordanian state and one of the most important tools for tourism development at present, especially with the absence of safe tourism in the Arab region through the wars and the current security events in the region, which aims at increasing real and national income in these circumstances of economic and development, which in the opinion of the Jordanian politicians to get out of the bottleneck, and to the development of civilization inclusive of all the natural elements, human and material attractive in the country, especially in the city of Aqaba, attracting tourists. Hence, tourism planning in Jordan is a necessary and necessity for sustainable development which enables developing countries, especially Jordan, to face competition in international tourism markets. Therefore, the planning of tourism development is an integral part of the economic and social development plan of the state, which requires the obligation of all ministries, regions, agencies and governmental and non-governmental departments to implement the tourism development policy as a joint work program of government and private sectors. Based on the presentation of the research, the researchers will discuss the most important ideas addressed by researchers that serve the tourist issue in Jordan according to the following: • The concept and definition of tourism planning, its importance and, its objectives • Levels of tourism planning and specializations and needs. • Tourism development concept, components, elements, and forms. • The stages of preparing the tourism development plan in Jordan. • Conclusions and recommendations.