Tourist attractions in Jordan and their importance for development of tourist services

Authors

  • Bożena Elżbieta Wójtowicz Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny Wydział Geograficzno-Biologiczny Instytut Geografii Zakład Dydaktyki Geografii
  • Paweł Wójtowicz NETLIER Paweł Wójtowicz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.293.4

Keywords:

destinations, employment, tourist attractions, travel services

Abstract

Jordan is an Muslim country situated on the Arabian Peninsula, which has a variety of touristand anthropogenic attractions related to the history, culture, as well as nature-based attractions interalia on geological phenomena. The important economic role is played by tourism, developed by Britishexperts commissioned by the King, with a well thought infrastructure and a rich range of differentservices. Due to the fact that a significant part of the FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) has been placedin investment projects related to the tourism industry and the hospitality industry (hotel industry), it isexpected that the significance of the tourism sector in the Jordanian economy will continue to grow inthe future. As a consequence, since the potential development of the tourist economy of this countryrefers to the natural values, this paper presents the most attractive ones, namely Petra, the Wadi-RumDesert (the Valley of the Noon), the Dead Sea, Akaba, Amman. For this reason, we performed theanalysis of tourist destinations, tourist profiles, seasonal tourist traffic to such sites, accommodationand income from tourism and employment in the sector of services. The purpose of the paper was toanalyze the Jordanian tourism market compared to other countries in the Middle East and prospects forits further development.

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Author Biographies

Bożena Elżbieta Wójtowicz, Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny Wydział Geograficzno-Biologiczny Instytut Geografii Zakład Dydaktyki Geografii

Bożena Elżbieta Wójtowicz, Ph.D., prof. Pedagogical University of Cracow, Faculty of Geographyand Biology, Institute of Geography, Department of Geography Teaching. Geographer, geographyteacher, traveller, visited most of the European countries, Cuba, Mexico, Dominican Republic, India,Nepal, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Turkey. Head of the Department of Geography, Institute of GeographyTeaching of the Pedagogical University of Cracow. She has published over 190 scientific papers in thecountry and abroad. The author of the monograph Geography Sustainable Development EnvironmentalEducation and co-author and editor of a monographic work, including Świętokrzyskie VoivodeshipNature, Features of tourism and sightseeing in the strategy of regional developments in Poland,Tourism and ecology – to foster the cognitive needs and public awareness, Education and training ofteachers of geography in Poland and in the European Union, Educational fieldwork in ŚwiętokrzyskiNational Park. Co-author of textbooks: Geography. Polish Landscapes Class 4, Geography. Earth –our planet to Grade 6, Nature Class 4 and 5. Specialist in the field of geography, tourism and recreation,teaching geography and the environment.

Paweł Wójtowicz, NETLIER Paweł Wójtowicz

Paweł Wójtowicz, studied mathematics, with a specialization in the use of mathematics in finance andteleinformatics, traveller, visited most of the countries of Europe and Dominican Republic, Morocco,Cuba and Jordan. A former employee of UP Informatics Centre in Krakow. Co-organizer of theInternational XI Olympics, where he was responsible for IT, technical and organizational services.He has published several research papers in the country and abroad, for example: Wadi Rum Desert asObject geotouristic Jordan, The use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in education in collegeacademic geographical examples of selected universities in Poland, Cultural tourist attractiveness ofMilan, in the Opinion of Polish Tourists.

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Published

2015-02-23

How to Cite

Wójtowicz, B. E., & Wójtowicz, P. (2015). Tourist attractions in Jordan and their importance for development of tourist services. Studies of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society, 29(3), 48–66. https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.293.4

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Vol. 29 No. 3 (2015): Changes in the energy sector and services

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