Desert Tourism Research Articles

Assessing the impact of dust events on the Holiday Climate Index in the Taklimakan Desert region.

As a significant sector within the tourism industry, desert tourism has developed rapidly in recent years, contributing significantly to local economic development. On the other hand, desert tourism is constantly influenced by the desert climate, characterized by high temperatures, aridity, and dust events. This study examines and analyzes the impact of dust events on the Holiday Climate Index (HCI) using an improved methodology. It incorporates comprehensive meteorological data including temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and dust events of Tazhong, located in the heart of the Taklimakan Desert. The results indicate that the maximum mean monthly HCI dips from an ideal level (91) to a very good level (73), the minimum dips from good level (66) to a marginal level (47), and the annual comfortable days (HCI ≥ 80) decrease from 180.5 to 95.3 after considering the impacts of dust events. The corrective HCI indicates that autumn, especially October, offers relatively comfortable climatic conditions for tourism, with the mean monthly comfortable days reach 20.1. These findings can better guide desert tourism activities and also demonstrate that the impact of dust weather on tourism activities cannot be ignored.

Analysis of the current state of desert tourism in Algeria: Available resources and challenges

Analysis of the current state of desert tourism in Algeria: Available resources and challenges

The Development Of Alternative Tourism In Tunisia: Innovate Or Disappear"! An Example Of Saharan Tourism

The Tunisian tourist offer has long been standardized and focused on a coastal product. Tourism institutions and actors have shown efforts to diversify this offer, particularly by introducing alternative tourism such as Saharan tourism, where local development's geographical, tourist, and socio-economic opportunities seem obvious. Tourism is one of the world's most important economic activity, having significant economic growth potential for emerging and least developed countries. However, in its current incarnations, it is controlled by foreign operators, and its focus on coastal tourism is unfavorable. In order to attain growth, the nation must develop its travel offerings using a variety of strategies, such as improvement of current solutions, positioning the offer as having value, and surprise the customer. Innovation requires specialized marketing, as it requires defining or redefining the activity, developing or revising the offer, analyzing the competition, and understanding the new customer behavior. However, the results expected from such a policy remained insufficient and concluded that while desert tourism is meant to be a by-product of coastal tourism, coastal tourism still predominates in Tunisia. Saharan tourism is defined as a "desert" product, similar to thalassotherapy and golf. It serves as a way for guests who have travelled to the coast to extend their stay. Saharan tourism remained a complementary product (complementation to the sea through circuits towards the Sahara). This work aims to include how the Sahara and these regions can become fully-fledged tourist destinations.

Restorative Environmental Perception’s Influence on Post-Tour Behavior of Desert Off-Road Self-Driving Tourists: The Mediating Role of Flow Experience

Desert tourism has always been one of the main types of adventure tourism in the world. Restorative environmental perception and flow experience are closely related concepts in adventure activities, but few studies have examined the mechanisms of their effects on tourists’ post-tour behaviors. Desert off-road self-driving tours, as a typical adventure tourism project, are suitable for studying the relationships among three factors. We chose the Kumutag Desert as our study area, as it attracts many off-road self-driving tourists every year. Based on SOR theory, data were collected through questionnaires, and partial least squares structural equation models were constructed using SmartPLS 3.0 software. It was found that (1) restorative environmental perception has a direct positive impact on visitors’ flow experiences; (2) flow experience has a direct positive influence on tourists’ revisit behaviors and recommendation behaviors; (3) novelty, escape, fascination, and compatibility in restorative environmental perception have a direct positive influence on tourists’ post-tour behaviors; (4) flow experience partially mediates the relationships among novelty, escape, fascination, compatibility, and post-tour behavior. This article deepens the understanding of the mechanism by which restorative environmental perception and flow experience affect tourists’ post-tour behaviors while expanding the scope through three studies and providing theoretical support for subsequent research on adventure tourism.

Investigation of Sustainable Rural Tourism Activities With Different Risk: A GIS‐MCDM Case in Isfahan, Iran

AbstractDevelopment of rural tourism activities improves the quality of life, with many associated benefits for local people. Accordingly, this study aims to prioritize tourism areas in Isfahan province using the multiple‐criteria decision‐making (MCDM) model to provide the best ecosystem services to tourists. Nine rural tourism activities (camel‐riding, hiking, mountaineering, desert tourism, wildlife observation, cycling, canyoning, camping, and horse riding) are assessed based on integrating the priorities of each suitability criteria (fuzzy membership and Analytic Hierarchical Process method) with the different risk levels. The results show that mountaineering (86.48% moderate risk; 91% high risk) and canyoning (70% moderate risk; 97% high risk) represent the best alternatives for development of tourism. According to the results of this research, tourists can make the best decisions about individual activities by determining their priorities based on associated levels of risk.

Desert tourism between the need for development and response to demand The case of the city of Béni Abbés - Algeria

Desert tourism is a tool for economic and social development, which makes it unique, especially if it is based on effective foundations and ingredients that contribute to the national and local economy. However, promoting tourism in desert countries and regions requires policies and strategies that work hard to build infrastructure (airports, roads, railways, hotels, and provide services of all kinds), provide security, and hire experts in tourism consulting. The tourist region of the southwest of Algeria in general witnessed a significant increase in the number of international visitors and tourists during the colonial era and after independence. The city of Béni-Abbés in particular, as well as the entire province of Bechar, is famous for being great tourist destinations. However, due to the particular neglect of desert tourism in this region, the number of arrivals has decreased significantly, especially in recent periods, which has affected the general situation of tourism and attractive beavers. In order to revitalize desert tourism and address the problems that have been highlighted, immediate action is needed.

Legitimizing path development by interlinking institutional logics: The case of Israel’s desert tourism

The legitimation of new regional industrial paths has become a crucial issue in path development since it touches the institutional foundations of spatial evolution and fits the recent interest in agency. Neo-institutional sociology offers a wealth of insights for how agents build legitimacy. In particular, the institutional logics perspective suggests multiple material and symbolic sources of legitimacy. Seeking a deeper contextualization of paths into their socio-institutional environment, this article argues that new paths are legitimized by agents interlinking institutional logics through symbolic constructions such as visions. Empirical examples from two tourism destinations in Israel illustrate this mechanism.

"Investigation of the important items in the development of desert ecotourism (Case studies: Matin Abad eco-camp in Iran and Nights eco-camp in Oman)"

Deserts of high quality are key levels in nature tourism and can cater to a variety of tourist needs. Because the world's deserts cover such a large region, developing tourism and ecotourism can be a significant concern. Two Eco Camps in Iran and Oman (Matin Abad in Iran and Night in Oman) have been explored in this regard. This study that has a descriptive-analytical method was conducted in which prominent and crucial points of these two camps were discovered and a comparison was made. Finally, the findings show that, particularly in desert tourism, besides the absorbing tourism policy, the physical and spatial structures of camps are important in developing a sense of place that might increase the number of tourists and enhance tourism.

The Marketing Mix of Desert Tourism Applied in Islamic Economy

Tourism is the concept of movement in order to change the place and the environment for knowledge and understanding and to improve the standard of life, while the marketing mix is the concept of the appropriate mixture for the exchange and transfer of goods and services between multiple parties. What was required in order to study the marketing mix was to identify the market and its environment and then study the limits of possible interactions between the elements as they are in the concept of the marketing mix when studying general marketing and marketing for services. The beginning will be the preoccupation with desert tourism, then engage in the exploitation of the resources of the desert as an environment that produces wealth and finally the development of desert tourism in whole, by pushing the desert to move from the waste land to an environment suitable for growth, and perhaps the most important area that can be adopted for this research is the Sahara region, which occupies an area of 9,200,00 km, Which is preparing to turn from sand dunes to an active market by transforming into an African transit area with the activity of cross-desert roads and linking with the Mediterranean Sea in a short crossing for goods towards Europe. After the completion of the 400-long trans-Saharan road, moreover Algeria will turn into the best destinations for travel and adventures, and the desert will be a field for trade, travel and investment in a marketing mix of the type of service mix, in the physical distribution of transportation, storage and handling It will be the start of an effective contribution to the second Silk Road that connects the continents. This is what prompted us to first pay attention to desert tourism in the Algerian desert in various regions Biskra state, Ghardaia state, Tamanrasset state, to be the nucleus for research in the exploitation of deserts, and for research to manage desert resources and then valuing them we were going to answer the question: What is the fate of developing desert tourism to turn the desert into an active environment instead of keeping the desert as it is? and search of the appropriate marketing mix for this.

Factors Affecting the Lut Desert Tourism in Iran: Developing an Interpretive-Structural Model

The Lut desert is one of the largest and most attractive deserts in Iran. The value of desert tourism remains unclear for Iran’s economy and has only recently been taken into consideration by the authorities, although its true national and international value remains unclear. This study was aimed at investigating the factors that influence tourism development in the Lut desert. Data collected through the purposive sampling method was analyzed using Interpretive Structural Modeling and the MICMAC Analysis. According to the results, cost-effective travel expenses, security, and safety provided in the desert, together with appropriate media advertising and illustration of the Lut desert (branding) are the leading factors that influence tourism in the Lut desert in Iran. This paper highlighted the importance of desert tourism, especially in this region.

Sustainable Heritage tourism in Egypt

Egypt enjoys a geographical location, and a moderate climate all the yearround, along with its smooth vast coastlines, and beaches with its unique treasures of coral reefs, providing Egypt with advantages of a competitive edge. Besides cultural and archaeological tourism, many tourism attraction types have come into existence and addressed broader segments of tourists across the world, including recreational tourism, beaches tourism, religious tourism, therapeutic tourism, eco-tourism, sports tourism, golf tourism, safari tourism, desert tourism, yacht tourism, and maritime tourism in addition to festivals tourism, and cultural events and finally conferences and exhibitions tourism [Riham, 2015]. The tourism industry is a major contributor to the gross national product of many nations (Reige and Perry, 2000) and is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Sustainability has become an important topic and concept in relation to tourism planning and development (Inskeep 1991; Southgate & Sharpley 2002; Yuksel, Bramwell & Yuksel 1999). The aim of this research to highlight that there is no tourist attractions related to intangible heritage, natural heritage, within the frame work of sustainable tourism, also tourists are not interested in heritage attractions other than archeological sites, and current tour itineraries are not conductive to heritage and sustainable tourism.

Co-creating Value in Desert Tourism Experiences

ABSTRACT This study investigates the determinants of value co-creation in desert camps in Oman from both the customers' and the camp managers' perspectives. The concept of value co-creation in hospitality and tourism has been investigated in a range of ways in the extant literature. However, limited attention has been paid in the process of value co-creation in remote and unique destinations such as desert camps. This research focuses on 5 aspects of value co-creation which are then explored both quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings of the study indicate that within the context of desert camps, value co-creation is influenced by authenticity, engagement, place attachment, and marketing though the value-in-use concept. However, the level of this influence varies between the customers and the camp managers. Finally, findings are discussed in the light of this variance to identify and provide recommendations that enhance value co-creation in the desert camps of Oman.

The Desert Tourism And Opportunities For Its Development (On The Example Of Bukhara Region)

The territory of Uzbekistan consists of temperate and subtropical desert zones. 88.6% of Bukhara region is desert. Ancient roads in the desert part of the region (Bukhara - Karshi, Bukhara - Khorezm, etc.), water bodies (Amu-Bukhara canal, abandoned lakes, cisterns, mineral springs and wells, etc.) and special reserves (state orders, reserves, etc.), ancient cities (Varakhsha, Poykent, Vardonze, etc.), historical monuments and shrines can serve as tourist attractions. In this article we will discuss the desert tourism and opportunities for developing it in Bukhara region.

Spatial distribution of the ingredients of desert tourism in the western plateau region of Iraq

استهدف البحث التوزيع المكاني لمقومات الجذب السياحي في الهضبة الصحراوية التي تحتل الأقسام الغربية والجنوبية الغربية من العراق، وقد بين البحث أن المنطقة تمتلك مقومات تكاد تكون متكاملة للعرض السياحي إذ شهدت تنوعا في المقومات الطبيعية والتي تمثلت بالموقع الجغرافي الفريد والتنوع في المظاهر الجيومورفولوجية والتنوع الأحيائي فضلاً عن توافر المقومات البشرية والتي تمثلت بالمواقع التاريخية والتراثية والدينية والضيافة والخدمات التكميلية المساعدة ،كما بين البحث إمكانية إقامة العديد من أشكال السياحة في منطقة الدراسة كالسياحة الصحراوية والبيئية والمغامرات والمؤتمرات والعلمية والدينية والثقافية وغيرها من أشكال السياحة ،كما تطرق البحث إلى عدد من تجارب الدول في هذا المجال من اجل الإفادة منها في عملية الاستثمار السياحي في المستقبل، وقد خرج البحث بتوصيات يمكن أن تسهم في توجيه أنظار الجهات ذات العلاقة إلى الاهتمام بالسياحة ودعم اقتصاد البلد من خلال استثمار تلك المقومات ودعم التنمية السياحية.

Designing Varzaneh Desert Tourism Resorts with Eco-tourism Development Approach

This article aims to create a Residential and Recreational Complex and to investigate its impact on improving the living standards of the local Varzaneh desert community. In view of Iran is highly ranked in terms of diversity of natural and climatic phenomena, especially desert climate in the world, in this paper Varzaneh desert was selected as the target and statistical community and practical and developmental purposes have been analyzed and implemented as descriptive and developmental. Using causal analysis, strategies and tactics for ecotourism development in this area have been proposed, so that the research of this paper reflects the fact that the Varzaneh Desert has an aggressive strategy based on supporting its strengths and usability of existing opportunities to overcome the weaknesses and threats facing ecotourism development.

Designing Varzaneh Desert Tourism Resorts with Eco-tourism Development Approach

This article aims to create a Residential and Recreational Complex and to investigate its impact on improving the living standards of the local Varzaneh desert community. In view of Iran is highly ranked in terms of diversity of natural and climatic phenomena, especially desert climate in the world, in this paper Varzaneh desert was selected as the target and statistical community and practical and developmental purposes have been analyzed and implemented as descriptive and developmental. Using causal analysis, strategies and tactics for ecotourism development in this area have been proposed, so that the research of this paper reflects the fact that the Varzaneh Desert has an aggressive strategy based on supporting its strengths and usability of existing opportunities to overcome the weaknesses and threats facing ecotourism development.

Desert tourism as a tool to achieve development requirements Sustainable development in light of Vision 2030 - a prospective study

Purpose– The research aims to uncover the elements of the tourist attraction that the Egyptian desert abounds in and through which the various tourism demands that support Egypt as a diversified and distinct tourist destination are realized through exploring the extent of the contribution of desert tourism to achieving sustainable development in its multiple dimensions that are evident from the respondents' answers in accordance with Egypt's 2030 strategy Through the ingredients that distinguish it. Design/methodology/approach- The study was based on the open-ended survey of tourism and sustainable development experts and academics in Egyptian tourism studies, based on the descriptive approach. Findings– The results reached the assumption that desert tourism represents an effective tool in achieving sustainable development in all its dimensions that represent Egypt's 2030 plan for sustainable development, and therefore there is a role for the tourism mix of this type of tourism in achieving the sustainable development plan in Egypt.

Sustainable Desert Tourism as a Way to Promote Internal Tourism in Algeria Study of The Experiences of Some Arab Countries

This study address the issue of sustainable tourism development desert by highlighting the elements ofattraction of desert tourism in the Arab world in general and the Arab Maghreb in particular, to submit aproposal on how to optimize the use and successful recruitment of natural resources while creating theright climate to attract investment in the context of achieving ecological balance integrated between thevocabulary of the desert environment and the needs of tourism development to give the perception of aninsurance mechanism for the ecosystem, and display as well as the experiences of some countries of theMaghreb (Algeria, Tunisia and Mauritania) in the field of sustainable desert tourism.

Requirements for the development of desert tourism projects in the light of SDGs objectives

Algeria's dependence on oil as the sole source of foreign currency and financing for development, and the negative effects on the national economy as a result of its low prices in the world market, made the policy of economic diversification an urgent necessity, and with the tourism potential that is rich in Algeria, The sector is a key solution to attracting foreign tourists and making it a driving force for economic growth in Algeria. Despite the poor contribution of desert tourism to the economy as a result of bureaucratic obstacles and other problems, but the bodies supervising the tourism institutions to respect the specifications of eco-tourism for the sustainability of tourism development.

Principal Function Regionalization of Desert Tourism based on Suitability Analysis: A case study in Shapotou, Ningxia, China

Principal Function Regionalization of Desert Tourism based on Suitability Analysis: A case study in Shapotou, Ningxia, China