Identifying and Mapping of Halal Tourism Resources and Routes in Ethiopia

Atilla AKBABA; Mohammed Jemal AHMED

doi:https://doi.org/10.30625/ijctr.831602

Makale detayları

Identifying and Mapping of Halal Tourism Resources and Routes in Ethiopia

Yazarlar:

Atilla AKBABA | Mohammed Jemal AHMED

Yayıncı:

Izmir Katip Celebi University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kamu mallarının idaresi

Dergi:

International Journal of Contemporary Tourism Research 2021 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.13-34

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000746663

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2587-1528

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30625/ijctr.831602

Özet:

 

This paper discusses the availability and viability of halal sites and routes in Ethiopia. Tourism development requires detailed information about potential tourism resources that helps developers and decision-makers. Accordingly, inventorying the existing actual and potential tourism resources must be the first step to assess the tourism potential of a destination. The main aims of this paper are to identify and discuss cultural and natural visitor attractions that will entice halal conscious visitors and to propose halal tourism routes based on these resources stretched from the center to different parts of Ethiopia. The study employed qualitative methodologies namely interviews, focus group discussion, and field observations. GIS technology was also widely used to identify, locate visitor attractions and plot the spatial interconnection between these attractions. Analysis of the data confirms that Ethiopia has abundant potential tourism resources to develop Halal Tourism. These resources mainly consist of Islamic heritage and natural resources. After the identification of the available tourism resources, five potential halal tourism routes were proposed.

Makale detayları

Identifying and Mapping of Halal Tourism Resources and Routes in Ethiopia

Yazarlar: Atilla AKBABA | Mohammed Jemal AHMED

Yayıncı: Izmir Katip Celebi University

Ana Başlıklar: Kamu mallarının idaresi

Dergi: International Journal of Contemporary Tourism Research 2021 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.13-34

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2021

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000746663

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2587-1528

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30625/ijctr.831602

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Atilla AKBABA | Mohammed Jemal AHMED

Yayıncı:

Izmir Katip Celebi University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kamu mallarının idaresi

Dergi:

International Journal of Contemporary Tourism Research 2021 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.13-34

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000746663

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2587-1528

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30625/ijctr.831602