Desert Tourism and Environmental Challenges
Desert Tourism and Environmental Challenges
This chapter looks at the history of the rapid expansion of tourism investments and tourist establishments and on the desert shorelines of the Mediterranean and Red Sea, the environmental challenges they create, and their inability to attract permanent inhabitants at any scale. Desert eco-tourism and nature preserves in Egypt are also covered.
Keywords: Tourism, Investments, Desert shorelines, Red Sea, Mediterranean, Inhabitants, Environmental challenges, Nature preserves
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