African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2019
With the spread of modern technology in the last decade, the sharing economy has emerged as a rap... more With the spread of modern technology in the last decade, the sharing economy has emerged as a rapidly growing sector of the business market. This new economic model has put a strong footprint in several fields, and especially in the tourism field. For the last five years, almost 500 sharing economy platforms have emerged that are related to tourism services; 50% of these are related to the transport sector, 39% leisure and 11% for accommodation (Peeters et al., 2015). The emergence of peer-to-peer technologies in the tourism industry has facilitated the communication process between the tourists and service providers, which has led to disappearing the mediators. Both of them have benefited. The service provider has recovered his money previously spent on the mediators and the tourist has saved a substantial amount of his money. This paper aims to discuss the effect of the sharing economy on the tourism industry and its role in developing the local economy for the Nubian community. T...
International Journal of Heritage, Tourism, and Hospitality, 2017
unning parallel to the traditional concept of mass tourism, there has been a new trend seeking to... more unning parallel to the traditional concept of mass tourism, there has been a new trend seeking to slow the movement of the tourism activity in order to make the tourist holiday less stressful and more enjoyable. This new trend is called "Slow tourism". Slow tourism aims to respect local culture and preserve natural environment. Slow tourism destination moves away from the idea of a “resort” or “holiday park” and seeks to offer a traditional lifestyle with the benefits of a local community. It also includes exploring the local area, interacting with the host community as well as its heritage and local culture, relying on local products, foods, and reducing the use of technology in order to achieve sustainability for the slow destination. This new trend of tourism attracts tourists who preferring quality for quantity, seeking for authentic experience and appreciating originality. It provides them the opportunity to be involved in several kinds of activities, enabling them ex...
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2019
With the spread of modern technology in the last decade, the sharing economy has emerged as a rap... more With the spread of modern technology in the last decade, the sharing economy has emerged as a rapidly growing sector of the business market. This new economic model has put a strong footprint in several fields, and especially in the tourism field. For the last five years, almost 500 sharing economy platforms have emerged that are related to tourism services; 50% of these are related to the transport sector, 39% leisure and 11% for accommodation (Peeters et al., 2015). The emergence of peer-to-peer technologies in the tourism industry has facilitated the communication process between the tourists and service providers, which has led to disappearing the mediators. Both of them have benefited. The service provider has recovered his money previously spent on the mediators and the tourist has saved a substantial amount of his money. This paper aims to discuss the effect of the sharing economy on the tourism industry and its role in developing the local economy for the Nubian community. T...
International Journal of Heritage, Tourism, and Hospitality, 2017
unning parallel to the traditional concept of mass tourism, there has been a new trend seeking to... more unning parallel to the traditional concept of mass tourism, there has been a new trend seeking to slow the movement of the tourism activity in order to make the tourist holiday less stressful and more enjoyable. This new trend is called "Slow tourism". Slow tourism aims to respect local culture and preserve natural environment. Slow tourism destination moves away from the idea of a “resort” or “holiday park” and seeks to offer a traditional lifestyle with the benefits of a local community. It also includes exploring the local area, interacting with the host community as well as its heritage and local culture, relying on local products, foods, and reducing the use of technology in order to achieve sustainability for the slow destination. This new trend of tourism attracts tourists who preferring quality for quantity, seeking for authentic experience and appreciating originality. It provides them the opportunity to be involved in several kinds of activities, enabling them ex...
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