Tourism Development in Tunisia
Report One for DEV2052 Tourism Development in Tunisia
Contents Page
1.1 Summary …………………………………………………………..Pg1
2.1 Objective…………………………………………………………....Pg2
3.1 Methodology & Sources of Data…………………………………...Pg2
I. Critique of Methods……………………………………………….Pg2
4.1 Interpretation & Findings …………………………………………..Pg3
I. Sustainability & Alternative Tourism……………………………...Pg3
II. Beach Tourism in Tunisia ………………………………………...Pg3
III. Saharan Tourism in Tunisia………………………………………Pg4
IV. A Comparative Analysis of Hammamet, Sfax, Tozeur & Douz…Pg4
i.Social …………………………………………………………….Pg4 ii. Economic………………………………………………………..Pg5 iii. Environment……………………………………………………Pg6
5.1 Conclusion ……………………………………………………….…..Pg7
Is Saharan Tourism more Sustainable than Beach Tourism in Tunisia?
1.1 Summary
The nature of this report is to compare the interior region and the coastal region of Tunisia in order to determine whether Saharan Tourism is more sustainable then Beach Tourism in the country. In doing this a in field study was conducted to provide me with my findings. Much of the findings are based on my own observations on the impacts of tourism as I travelled around Tunisia. The three principle aspects of sustainability are social, economic and environment impacts which I used as my three elemates for measuring sustainability. Beach tourism has been present in Tunisia since the 1960’s where as saharan tourism although was started during the 1980’s it is still very much developing and aiming to gain its own indepence from beach tourism in Tunisia. Beach tourism is a success for Tunisia in terms of economic benefits, the traditional Tunisian culture has faded in the coastal regions, there is also a strong reliance on the tourism industry making the region very vulnerable and enviromentally the lack of freshwater and wastewater manage do not appear to be something the coastal region is tackling despite how much water is used in this type of tourism. Saharan tourism on the
Contents Page
1.1 Summary …………………………………………………………..Pg1
2.1 Objective…………………………………………………………....Pg2
3.1 Methodology & Sources of Data…………………………………...Pg2
I. Critique of Methods……………………………………………….Pg2
4.1 Interpretation & Findings …………………………………………..Pg3
I. Sustainability & Alternative Tourism……………………………...Pg3
II. Beach Tourism in Tunisia ………………………………………...Pg3
III. Saharan Tourism in Tunisia………………………………………Pg4
IV. A Comparative Analysis of Hammamet, Sfax, Tozeur & Douz…Pg4
i.Social …………………………………………………………….Pg4 ii. Economic………………………………………………………..Pg5 iii. Environment……………………………………………………Pg6
5.1 Conclusion ……………………………………………………….…..Pg7
Is Saharan Tourism more Sustainable than Beach Tourism in Tunisia?
1.1 Summary
The nature of this report is to compare the interior region and the coastal region of Tunisia in order to determine whether Saharan Tourism is more sustainable then Beach Tourism in the country. In doing this a in field study was conducted to provide me with my findings. Much of the findings are based on my own observations on the impacts of tourism as I travelled around Tunisia. The three principle aspects of sustainability are social, economic and environment impacts which I used as my three elemates for measuring sustainability. Beach tourism has been present in Tunisia since the 1960’s where as saharan tourism although was started during the 1980’s it is still very much developing and aiming to gain its own indepence from beach tourism in Tunisia. Beach tourism is a success for Tunisia in terms of economic benefits, the traditional Tunisian culture has faded in the coastal regions, there is also a strong reliance on the tourism industry making the region very vulnerable and enviromentally the lack of freshwater and wastewater manage do not appear to be something the coastal region is tackling despite how much water is used in this type of tourism. Saharan tourism on the
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