التنمية السياحية المستدامة لمدينة خيبر : دراسة في جغرافية السياحة باستخدام نظم المعلومات الجغرافية (GIS)‎

Abstract EN

The tourism sector is one of the main economic sectors in the kingdom's vision 2030, which seeks to revive, develop and increase the old, Islamic national, Arab, Arab and national heritage sites, internationally recording them and to ensure that everyone has access to them to encourage local tourism.

Khaybar city is one of such heritage sites, where it has a promising potential of high excellence of sustainable tourism development, with its unique tourist elements, the study area has a wealth of historical religious value relating to history and events in the early days of Islam, Ancient villages, fortresses and urban areas are references of urban development across epochs and historical stages, rarely to have counterparts universally.

These areas considerably vary in the nature of the region, distinctive natural characteristics, historical agricultural landscape, palm forests in the valleys, natural springs and distinctive visual panorama especially high plateaus sites overlooking the valley of Khaybar, that’s why Khaybar can be transformed into a global Arab tourist destination with a comprehensive map of sustainable tourism development.The study topic is addressed in three main axes: first, human ,natural and tourism development elements of the city through geographical location, topography, heavy rainfall, humidity, wind, soil, valleys, springs , and agriculture.

The second axis deals with: the geographical distribution of environmental and archaeological tourism regions of the city which include: Al Sahbaa, Masla Al Rasoul, N’em Fortress, Al Saab Bin Moaaz Fortress, Al-Zubair Fortress, Obay Fortress, AL Kamous Fortress, Al Wateh Fort, Al Soulalah Fortress, Al Shohadaa Graves, AL Sharif Village, Makidah Village, Old Khabyer, Jews Fort, Khabyer Valley with all its characteristics and distinctive natural potential.

The third axis deals with a proposed plan of tourism development and discusses four key elements: the axes of the sustainable tourism development plan of the city, and recommended projects in the plan, the investment cost of the sustainable tourism development plan, and stages of implementation of the sustainable tourism development plan of Khaybar city.

In conclusion, the study presents a series of solutions and recommendations for the development of tourism in Khaybar city, addressing the apparent deterioration in the exploitation of tourism potential and resources in the city.