Beaches, ruins, resorts : the politics of tourism in the Arab world / Waleed Hazbun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hazbun, Waleed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geopolitics--Middle East.

Geopolitics.

Tourism--Political aspects--Middle East.

Tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite being viewed as a dangerous region to visit, leisure travel across the Middle East has thrived even in the post-9/11 era. In Beaches, Ruins, Resorts, Waleed Hazbun investigates this overlooked industry to show how tourism is shaping the economic development and international relations of the region in dramatic ways. Following Europeans seeking Mediterranean beaches, Israelis crossing into Jordan as leisure tourists, and visitors discovering Dubai, Hazbun offers an original perspective on the Middle East and North Africa and challenges common portrayals of Arab nations as disconnected f

Contents:

Fordism on the beach : Tunisia and the international division of leisure

Images of openness, spaces of control : tourism in Tunisia's new era

The geopolitics of tourism and the making of the new Middle East

The territorial politics of tourism in Jordan

The view from Dubai : post-9/11 geographies of travel.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-303) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6656-3

OCLC:

318223091