Community Participation in Heritage Sites Tourism Planning: Case Study Dahshur Mobilization Plan

  • Heba Said Alexandria University
  • Sherine Abdel Hamid Alexandria University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7410/1366
Keywords: Community participation, Heritage Sites, Local Residents, Perception, Patrimonio culturale tangibile, Tangible Cultural Heritage, Tourism Management

Abstract

Abstract

Community participation is essential in the planning, development and conservation of heritage sites, it maximizes the positive impacts of tourism activities and minimizes its negative impacts, which leads to the site conservation.

Community participation in heritage sites was applied in Egypt through the MDGFund program The Dahshur World Heritage Site Mobilization for Cultural Heritage for Community Development. This study investigated the local community perception of the participation process and the benefits they gained from it using a quantitative approach. A questionnaire was designed and distributed to 250 of the local people, 195 questionnaires were valid to be analyzed using SPSS 23.0.

The results showed that the residents had a positive perception of the participation experience, it empowered them to be a part of the decision-making process, enhanced their quality of life, created job opportunities and improved their skills.

 Riassunto

La partecipazione della comunità è essenziale per la pianificazione, lo sviluppo e la conservazione dei siti del patrimonio, massimizza gli impatti positivi delle attività turistiche e riduce al minimo i suoi impatti negativi, che portano alla conservazione del sito.

La partecipazione della Comunità ai siti del patrimonio è stata applicata in Egitto attraverso il programma MDGFund La mobilitazione per il patrimonio culturale per lo sviluppo della comunità nel sito del patrimonio mondiale dell'umanità di Dahshur. Questo studio ha esaminato la percezione della comunità locale del processo di partecipazione e i benefici che ne hanno tratto utilizzando un approccio quantitativo. Un questionario è stato progettato e distribuito a 250 persone locali, 195 questionari erano validi per essere analizzati usando SPSS 23.0.

I risultati hanno mostrato che i residenti hanno una percezione positiva dell'esperienza di partecipazione, li ha resi capaci di far parte del processo decisionale, ha migliorato la loro qualità della vita, ha creato opportunità di lavoro e migliorato le loro capacità

Author Biographies

Heba Said, Alexandria University

 Assistant professor in tourism department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels ,Alexandria University,Egypt
Research interests: visitor management, heritage sites, tourism development, consumer behavior in tourism.
Teaching experience: tourism development, tourist psychology, customer service, ecotourism new trends.
Lingual skills: master both English and French.

Sherine Abdel Hamid, Alexandria University

Post graduate student, master degree holder and works as technical member at tourism minister’s cabinet in Egypt

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2018-12-31
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Vol. 3 n.s. (December 2018)
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