Tourism and Urbanization, An Interconnected Evolution

Abstract

While there is extensive literature on the evolution of tourism and the urbanization process, the interlinks between these two evolutions are not yet fully explored; maybe because they are separate disciplines, or taught independently of each other. This research navigates the spatial dimension of travel evolution alongside the attendant expansion of the urbanization process. It defines the nexus between tourism as a global demand and the physical infrastructure that accommodates such a force. The built environment, manifested in both its urban forms and its systems of mobility, is shaped by, and has been shaping, many factors including tourism. Using comparative narratives that describes tourist curiosity, the tourism routs and the tourism destinations across time, this work further explores the historical relationship between urbanization and tourism by emphasizing how the evolution of each has influenced the other. Itanalyzes different eras and identifies how the tourist, the travel mode and the destination have influenced each other through time. Considered one of the world's oldest tourist destinations, Egypt is used here to demonstrate the interlocking relationship of tourism and urbanization. The research concludes that appreciating these two phenomena in isolation proves challenging insofar as the evolution of tourism through time can not only be attributed to the tourism demand but also to the shape and form of the destination and the mobile systems available in each era and locale.

The real estate growth hypothesis in tourism destinations

“…There is abundant scientific literature (Kabil et al, 2022;Coëffé & Stock, 2021, Gohar, 2021Shoval, 2018;Luo et al, 2016;Bardhan et al, 2008) that theoretically and empirically explores the relationship between tourism growth and real estate development.…”

“…Similarly, Gohar (2021) asserts that the progress of tourism has closely followed the advancement of the construction activity. Urbanization history, in particular, plays a crucial role within an interdisciplinary approach to tourism.…”

The Spatial and Temporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of the Coupling and Coordinated Development of Basic Public Services, Urbanization, and Tourism in China

“…Infrastructure is necessary if the development of tourism is to be promoted [20,21]. Research demonstrates clear differences across different regions in terms of proposals, influencing factors, and development modes of tourism urbanization [22][23][24], the two-way interaction between urbanization and tourism [25][26][27], and the coupling and coordination degree of urbanization and tourism [28]. The main research methods include using the coupling coordination degree, geographical detector, relative development degree, and the grey Verhulst model to analyze and measure the relative development status, coupling coordination relationship, influencing factors, and future status of basic public services, urbanization, and tourism systems [29][30][31][32].…”