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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782845903321

Autore

Hazbun Waleed

Titolo

Beaches, ruins, resorts [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of tourism in the Arab world / / Waleed Hazbun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8166-6656-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Disciplina

338.4/79156

Soggetti

Geopolitics - Middle East

Tourism - Political aspects - Middle East

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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