Essay - Tourism Management in the Gulf States Table of Content Chapter...

Tourism management in the Gulf States

Table of Content

Chapter 1: Abstract

Chapter 2: Introduction

*****.***** Introduction and Overview

2.2 Problem statement

2.3 Importance ***** this study

2.4 Definition of terms

2.5 Limitations ***** ***** study

2.6 Overview of this study and the following chapters

***** 3: Literature review on Tourism Management

3.1 Overview of the tourism industry

3.2 Needs of the Tourism Industry

3.3 Identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats

3.3.1 Political map of the area

3.3.2 The United Arab Emirates

3.3.3 Saudi Arabia

3.3.4 Qatar

3.3.5 Bahrain

3.3.6 Yemen

3.3.7 Oman

3.3.8 Kuwait

3.4 Need for sustainable development in ***** region

3.5 Different types of tourism

3.6 Marketing the region to the rest of the world

3.7 Supporting tourism in the *****

3.8 The external factors ***** the Persian Gulf affecting ***** tourism *****

3.8.1 Political Analysis ***** the Persian Gulf Region

3.8.2 Economic Analysis of the region

3.8.3 Social analysis of the *****

3.8.4 Technological analysis ***** the region

3.8.5 Legal environment in the *****

3.8.6 Environmental analysis

3.9 Competitive analysis of the market

3.9.1 Internal Rivalry

3.9.2 Barriers to entry

3.9.3 Substitutes ***** Compliments

3.9.4 Buyer power

3.9.5 Barga*****ing powers of suppliers

Chapter 4: Discussion

Chapter 5: Conclusion

5.1 Recommendations

5.2 Summary

Chapter 6: Bibliography

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The Arabian Peninsula is dependent on petroleum and crude oil based economy. Petroleum products are probably the most commercially and domestically used *****ms of energy today. As a commodity of gre*****t strategic importance, petroleum has tremendous international bargaining leverage. Railroads and pipelines were built and developed to help transport the crude oil from ***** areas ***** production to the refineries. From electricity generation ***** transportation ***** products play crucial roles in ********** social infrastructure. The total oil reserve estimates have always been debated. Whether the true extents of all the oil reserves have ***** identified in the world and the resources that would be required to extract the oil ex*****t are *****pics for continued discussions. New wells, pipelines, and tanker platforms require massive amounts of capital, for which most major oil-exporting countries have other competing demands. The consequence of not having petroleum reserves or the complete drying up of ***** resource is a thought that many are not even able to comprehend. But the fact that this reserve is a non-renew*****ble source that may not ***** available 50-100 years from now is a big (and a real) possibility.

Realizing that the economies of the countries in th***** region cannot be sustained for long periods of time on crude oil based economy and in an attempt to maintain ***** existing st*****ard of life in the ***** many of ***** ***** Gulf countries are increasing looking ***** ***** industries ***** they can establish in the region. The countries considered ***** this study include the United Arab *****, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Yemen, Oman and Kuwait.

The *****urism industry was identified as a vi*****ble option for the region and almost all ***** have *****en evaluating ***** needs of this *****. The travel *****