Tourism Value Chain: An analytical study on Egyptian Tourism Sector | ||||
| Minia Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research MJTHR | ||||
| Article 5, Volume 12, Issue 1, December 2021, Page 61-83 PDF (543 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjthr.2021.100571.1016 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Dina Elmaghraby  1; Asmaa Abdul Rauf khalf2
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| 1Tourism Studies Dep, Faculty of Tourism & Hotels, Minia University | ||||
| 2Tourism Studies Dep, Faculty of Tourism & Hotels, Minia University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Value chains are well-known frameworks from economic and business studies. Value is important in tourism, even if the underlying concept of value is complex. The tourist value chain is a popular and interesting topic in destination planning study and practice. The aims of this research are analyzing tourism value chain in the Egyptian Tourism Sector, and determine the operations in the value chain of Egyptian tourism sector and afterwards to expose the relations and linkages among these operations. To achieve that, this research employed a method of descriptive analytical methodology by using a questionnaire tool. The sample was (129) of experts and academics in tourism and economics. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, coefficient analysis, and Pearson Correlation analysis, with the support of SPSS22.0. The results of this study ensured that there is a positive and significant correlation between Egyptian Tourism Value Chain direct activities and Forward linkage of the Egyptian tourism value chain, and there is a positive and significant correlation between Egyptian Indirect activities (Manufacture, Agriculture, Mining, Wholesale sectors) and backward linkages of the Egyptian tourism value chain. The study thus recommended that attention to maintaining the strength of relations between the tourism and the sectors of manufacturing, agriculture, wholesale, and raising awareness of the importance of investing in the tourism sector to enhance the movement of production in those sectors | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Tourism value chain; forward linkages; backward linkages | ||||
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