%0 Journal Article
%T Can this be spring? Assessing the impact of the ¡°Arab Spring¡± on the Arab tourism industry
%A Mansfeld
%A Yoel
%A Winckler
%A Onn
%J -
%D 2015
%X Sa£¿etak The socio-political unrest known as the ¡°Arab Spring¡± has left its imprint on the tourism sector of the Arab region. This paper explores first the effects of the Arab Spring on the macro-tourism performance of selected Arab countries, both oil and non-oil, using official tourism and macro-economic statistical data. Subsequently, it examines the policies and strategies adopted by the Arab governments in order to mitigate the evolving tourism crisis in the non-oil Arab states. Finally, it examines the relationships between the non-oil and GCC countries with respect to the tourism trends characterizing the Arab World since the outbreak of the, so-called, Arab Spring. It concluded that the tourism ¡°pain¡± of the non-oil Arab countries became the ¡°gain¡± of the GCC countries, which have been perceived by both intra-regional and international tourists as safer to visit. The paper concludes with an evaluation of the future tourism prospects for both the non-oil and the GCC countries. Assuming that the socio-political unrest accompanied by safety and security threat to tourists in some of the non-oil Arab countries will prevail at least in the foreseeable future, the paper points at further research directions in order to monitor these future trends
%K Arab Spring
%K macro-economic tourism performance
%K tourism crises
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