Evaluating Tourists' Behavior In The World Heritage Sites at Luxor

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1 Faculty of Law, Minia University

2 Tourism studies,tourism and hotels faculty ,minia university

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The main aim of this research is to investigate the behavioral intention before traveling, to evaluate tourists’ behavior to determine to what extent they apply the principles of responsible tourism during traveling as well as evaluating tourists’ behavior during visiting the world heritage sites. This research is mainly based on using a questionnaire as a quantitative method that targeted the tourists who visited the world heritage sites in Luxor.  Accordingly, the researcher distributed two hundred and five forms;179 forms were returned, and twelve forms were canceled because of not completing the answers. Thus, about 167 forms were valid, completed, and were included in the analysis. Moreover, Statistical Package Social Science (SPSS, V.22) is used for data input and analysis in descriptive statistics. the results illustrated that the tourists have the responsible behavioral intention and the tourists, to some extent, followed the responsible tourism but they needed more awareness. Therefore, the supreme council of antiques, There must be fines for bad behavior and rewards for a good one to encourage protecting World heritage Site; There must be a determination and monitoring of environmental impacts of tourists activities; the archeological sites should control tourists and make sure that they obey all laws and regulations; the management of the archeological site should develop educational and awareness materials for tourists in the World heritage sites and encouraging stakeholders to cooperate for activating the cultural world Heritage Initiative to protect the monuments of Luxor.

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Minia Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research MJTHR
Volume 13, Issue 1
January 2022
Pages 77-91

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