Islamic tourism developments/operations can cater to the Western(non Muslim) tourists? do you think a mixture help or hinder tourism development of a Muslim country eager to increase its international arrivals? big challenge!
Pour étudier la question de l'attractivité, il me semble pour ce sujet que la question serait : quelles sont les attentes et motivations du Touriste ayant une culture différente de celle du pays d'accueil dans lequel il souhaite se rendre? Le pays d'accueil peut il, souhaite t-il les satisfaire ?
Il existe aussi à travers le monde différents tourismes religieux ; comment se positionne le tourisme islamic par rapport à ce segment de l'offre touristique ?
A ma connaissance le tourisme musulman et/ou dans le monde musulman est un tourisme familial basé sur le respect de certaines règles alimentaires, vestimentaires et comportementales et répondant à un désir de découverte, de nature, d'observation, de repos, de retrouvaille en des lieux différents.... .
Il s'agit surtout de clairement qualifier l'offre de service. Le touriste choisi in fine.
De nos jours la question se pose par exemple pour les végétariens et les non végétariens, il y a des lieux partagés ou les deux populations se cotoient et des lieux strictement végétarien, ou ne viennent que ceux qui ont envie de partager une expérience végétarienne même s'ils ne sont pas végétariens.
Le Touriste va vers les lieux ou il peut trouver ce qu'il cherche quand il quitte sa vie quotidienne pour entrer dans de nouveaux mondes (tourisme experientiel), c'est lui qui décide face à une offre de service clairement affichée.
De manière plus générale le tourisme mettant en jeu des représentations différentes du monde nécessite un ensemble de règle claires présentées au touriste lors de l'achat des services touristiques concernées.
thanks for your answer. i used google translate. i got some points but others i cannot.
To study the issue of attractiveness , it seems to this that the question would be: what are the expectations and motivations of the Tourist having a culture different from that of the host country where he wants to go ? The host country may he wishes he meet ?
There are also around the world different religious tourisms ; how does the islamic tourism in relation to this segment of the tourist offer ?
To my knowledge the Muslim tourism and / or in the Muslim world is a family -based tourism to certain dietary rules , dress and behavior and responding to a desire for discovery , nature observation, rest, in reunion different places .... .
This is especially clearly define the service offering . The tourist ultimately selected .
Today the question arises eg for vegetarians and non-vegetarians , there are shared facilities or both populations cotoient and strictly vegetarian places, or just those who want to share a vegetarian even if experience they are not vegetarians .
Tourists going to the places where he can find what he is looking for when he leaves his daily life to enter new worlds ( Experiential tourism ) , it is he who decides to face a range of clearly stated service.
More generally tourism involving different representations of the world requires a clear set of rules presented to tourists when buying travel services concerned .
Dear Dr. Mohamed Mohamed Battour,
According to the definition of religious tourist, there are three types of religious tourists including those who practice the same religion and want to do their prayers and related practices (eg. muslims who travel to Mecca for Haj). The second group are those who like to know more about other religion and have the desire to see their practices (eg. European who travel to see Thaipusam, Hindu festival). The last group are related to those who promote a religion.
As I understand, your target can be the second group, and by sure, it is possible to have the market. Moreover, most of tourists with specific label such as cultural tourist, sport tourist, ... enjoy the mixture of attractions. Accordingly, non Muslim tourists as the potential group for religious tourism in Islamic countries can receive a mixture packages.
Of course...from tourism perspective, religion is just a form of culture. Thus it should cater for all tourists
Ok That is great. My concern How to satisfy non Muslim tourists needs. For example. How to market shariah compliant hotels as apart of Islamic tourism to non Muslim tourists where alcohol beverage is prohibited. How to manage sensitive issues like segregated swimming pool, beaches, gym. This big challenges issues for Islamic tourism if you want target non Muslim tourists as a customer.
Dear Mohamed,
One way of looking at it, like prof Musa has suggested earlier on is to consider religion as another form of culture. I agree with this approach. On the other hand, if one wants to see both sides of the argument, one has to be cautious of creating non - authentic experiences for non Muslims.
Reading through your comment above I reminded myself of the case in Dubai where essentially there is a tourism industry being developed in a Muslim country, catering for the needs of (mostly) non - Muslim tourists. On a theoretical perspective we could criticize such a development as non - authentic... However, if we want to provide a marketing spin to the story we could argue that this is just another way of packaging the end product....
I hope that I have managed to provide a slightly different approach to the discussion so far.