Tourists’ destination image: an exploratory study of alternative tourism in Palestine

Isaac, Rami K.; Eid, Tala Abu

doi:10.1080/13683500.2018.1534806

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“…They provide an intimate setting where interaction between guests, staff and the local community is unavoidable, providing the basis for feminist hospitality (Hamington, 2010) and thus the breaking down of prejudices and stereotypes. Therefore, in our study region, hostels, as part of the alternative tourism industry, have an important role in developing a positive image of Palestine through the closer engagement of tourists with local people (Isaac & Abu Eid, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Perhaps the most common alternative form of tourism undertaken is what could be called 'occupation tourism'tourism that relates to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. This could include visits to the Separation Wall and refugee camps or partaking in activities which show solidarity with Palestinians such as helping the olive harvest or joining protest marches (Isaac & Abu Eid, 2019).…”

Section: Study Areamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This narrative stems from a number of sources, including a global media that has focused on acts of Palestinian violence, academia and civil society which has focused on Palestinian activism, and Israeli dominance of the tourism market in the region that results in a deleterious framing of Palestinian space. It is a narrative that has negative consequences for Palestine's image as a tourism destination (Isaac & Abu Eid, 2019) and one that the hostel staff are all too cognizant of. As the owner (Interviewee A) explains:…”

Section: Challenging the Dominant Narrative That Palestine Is Limitedmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Providing counter-narratives: the positive role of hostels in the Israeli-Palestinian context

Shepherd

Laven

2019

Tourism Geographies

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Previous research suggests that tourism has a role to play in challenging the destructive dominant narratives of the Israeli-Palestinian contextdiscourses that traditionally have, and still do, revolve around sectarianism, Othering and violence. Our case study focuses on a hostel in the Palestinian city of Ramallah that boldly attempts to challenge the way tourists view the Israeli-Palestinian context and Palestine as a tourism destination. We examine how the hostel attempts to achieve this and the ways in which being a hostel (as opposed to a hotel) helps its guests with this reframing through in-depth qualitative interviews conducted on-site with members of the hostel management and staff, and through participant observation conducted by the researchers in Ramallah. Findings shed light on the hostel's ability to enable Israelis and Palestinians to cooperate within tourism, and how Palestine has much more to offer tourists than conflict-related tourism, thus challenging the master narratives of the region which have suggested quite the contrary. A key finding is the hostel's ongoing attempt to remove ignorance about the situation in the region and promote fact-based learning. The results also suggest that the very characteristics of a hostel assist in achieving this mission through the intimate interactions that are inherent in a hostel setting. Hostels can, therefore, be part of a wider approach to ensuring tourism is used to promote alternative, positive narratives of contested space, as opposed to promoting division and externalising the conflict, as is so often the case.

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Section: Challenging the Dominant Narrative That Palestine Is Limitedmentioning

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Providing counter-narratives: the positive role of hostels in the Israeli-Palestinian context

Shepherd

Laven

2019

Tourism Geographies

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“…Alternatif turizm, klasik olan kitle turizminin olumsuz etkilerini azaltmak amacıyla oluĢturulmuĢ, yeni turistik ürünlerin bir araya gelmesiyle oluĢan bir turizm anlayıĢıdır (Hacıoğlu ve Avcıkurt, 2008, s. 9; Ulusan ve Batman, 2010;Zengin, Koç ve Ulama, 2019;Isaac ve Eid, 2019). BaĢka bir diğer tanıma göre alternatif turizm, etkinliklerin belirli bir çerçeve ile sınırlandırılmasından ve bu sınırlandırmanın yol açtığı problemlerden arınarak özel ilgi alanlarına yöneltme çabaları olarak tanımlanabilir (Çelik, 2018, s. 194;Kuq ve Hasanaj, 2020).…”

Section: Literatür İncelemesi Alternatif Turizm Ve Paydaşlar Teorisiunclassified

Ağrı Destinasyonunun Alternatif Turizm Potansiyeline İlişkin Yerel Paydaşların Bakış Açısı

Şeyhanlıoğlu¹,

Kıngır²

2021

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ÖzAlternatif arayıĢ çerçevesinde kitle turizminden kaçıĢ, bireyleri alternatif turizm türlerine yöneltirken, destinasyonların kalkınması ve tanınması adına da önem kazanmıĢtır. Böylelikle bölgeye gelen turistlerin bıraktığı döviz ulusal bazda bölgeler arası ekonomik farkı da minimize edecektir. AraĢtırmanın amacı, alternatif turizm konusunda Ağrı destinasyonunda yaĢayan yerel paydaĢların görüĢleri ve destinasyonun turizm potansiyelinin incelenmesi olup, nitel bir araĢtırma olarak tasarlanmıĢtır. AraĢtırma verileri Ağrı destinasyonunda bulunan bazı yerel yönetim temsilcileri, sivil toplum kuruluĢları, yerel halk, kamu çalıĢanları, serbest meslek erbapları ve bazı özel sektör iĢletmelerinden (giriĢimcilerden) yarı-yapılandırılmıĢ görüĢme formu yardımıyla elde edilmiĢtir. ÇalıĢma Ağrı destinasyonunun ekonomi, alt yapı, giriĢimcilik düzeyi, sosyal yaĢam, turizm iĢletmeleri, yöresel el sanatları, tanıtım-pazarlama bakımından incelemeyi esas almıĢtır. AraĢtırma bulgularına göre özellikle; tanıtımın, imaj çalıĢmalarının, kaliteli turizm iĢletmelerinin, ulaĢılabilirliğin, medya kullanımının, etkinliklerin ve çekiciliklerin arttırılması konularına önem verilmesi ele alınmıĢtır. Elde edilen bulgular ıĢığında yerel paydaĢlara ve araĢtırmacılara bazı öneriler geliĢtirilmeye çalıĢılmıĢtır.Etkinlikler anlamında gelen turistin fazla vakit geçirmesi için çeĢitli etkinlikler yapılmalıdır.Tanıtım ve pazarlama çalıĢmaları arttırılmalıdır. Sosyal medya etkin kullanılmalı ve Ağrı destinasyonu tamamen her özelliği ile tanıtılmalıdır.

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“…Tourism is one of the most important sectors in Palestine. This is because the country hosts landmarks and artifacts of importance and prominent among religious groups such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Isaac & Eid, 2019). The country is recognized for its geographical, religious, and cultural importance as far as tourism is concerned.…”

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Can you imagine Bethlehem without tourism: the impacts of Covid-19 on Bethlehem, Palestine

Isaac

Abuaita²

2021

Current Issues in Tourism

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This research aims to investigate the impacts of Covid-19 on Bethlehem and examine the potential recovery strategies for the tourism sector during and after the pandemic. This research contributes in fulfilling intriguing gaps in literature on the impacts of Covid-19 on Bethlehem. All data collected were in the period of August and September 2020. This study is exploratory in nature applying qualitative and quantitative methods. Open-ended questions used in the interviews and the interviews were analysed. In addition, open and closed-ended questions carried out with fifty-two respondents from tourism business owners and key player stakeholders in Bethlehem's tourism sector. The findings show that the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in that all Bethlehem's tourism sector and sub-sectors suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the worst affected sub-sectors are souvenir stores and accommodation, while the least affected industry in the tourist restaurants sub-sector. The pandemic has resulted in massive job losses in Bethlehem. Bethlehem's tourism sector has implemented pay cuts and laying off workers as a way of mitigating loss of revenue resulting from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, this research provides academic as well as managerial implications.

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Tourists’ destination image: an exploratory study of alternative tourism in Palestine

Cited by 46 publications

References 74 publications

Providing counter-narratives: the positive role of hostels in the Israeli-Palestinian context

Providing counter-narratives: the positive role of hostels in the Israeli-Palestinian context

Ağrı Destinasyonunun Alternatif Turizm Potansiyeline İlişkin Yerel Paydaşların Bakış Açısı

Can you imagine Bethlehem without tourism: the impacts of Covid-19 on Bethlehem, Palestine

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