متطلبات تفعيل دور الاقتصاد الأزرق لتعزيز التنمية المستدامة بالقطاع السياحي المصري

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The study aims to identify the " requirements for activating the role of the blue economy to promote sustainable development in the Egyptian tourism sector”, the descriptive analytical method was used, the sample of the study was chosen in a stratified random way from officials in official bodies (the Egyptian ministry of tourism and antiquities, tourism development authority, environmental affairs agency), whose number is (35) officials, the study tools included standardized personal interviews to collect information, and the SPSS V.22 statistical program was used to process the data, among the most prominent results, the blue economy leads to the diversification of the Egyptian tourism product, which consequently contributes to the diversification of the Egyptian tourist traffic seasons, and the blue economy affects the increase in tourist traffic rates on marine environments, which contributes to increasing economic returns and national income, and helps the blue economy to promote infrastructure and superstructure projects in marine tourist areas, and the study also recommended spreading awareness of the importance of preserving water and marine resources and involving the local community in protecting natural ecosystems in marine environments, develop plans and strategies to address environmental problems resulting from tourism projects and activities such as marine pollution, which negatively affect the blue economy.