تصور مقترح لتنمية السياحة في مدينة عدن

Abstract EN

The study aimed to Laying a proposed for developing tourism in Aden city by knowing the importance of Tourist planning in tourism development, reviewing and analyzing the experiences of some successful Arabic countries in the field of tourist development, and analyzing potential of tourism in the city.

For the purpose of achieving the objectives of this study, the analytical descriptive approach was used.

The study concluded that the experiences of Egypt, Tunisia and Dubai have achieved success in tourist development as a result of their actual application of the different plans and strategies pre-prepared for improving their tourist sector, availability of a modern basic infrastructure, and the participation of the private sector, the polarization of foreign capitals.

The study also reached to a conclusion that Aden city possesses a several tourist potentials (strength and weakness points) that qualify it to become a tourist city as the availability of a diverse tourist product and its strategic location.

According to the study, the city also faces a number of challenges (Opportunities and Threat points), including the unavailability of a plan for tourist development and the failure of basic infrastructure services.

In light of the results which the study reached to many recommendations were made, including a comprehensive strategy for developing tourism, providing material potentials, improving basic infrastructure services.