A schematic study of desert tourism in the Shabaka area

Abstract

Abstract

tourism development is one of the modern and contemporary concepts, which interest began in when many countries of the world found, that the tourism industry contributes significantly to increasing the income of individuals and supplies the national income, especially if The foundations of tourism are available from attractive natural features or archaeological and historical sites that make the place an attractive element for tourism, and include the shapes of the earth's surface and climate, one of the most important pillars of environmental tourism" . It also contributes to raising economic growth, as the effects resulting from the investment of the development potential enjoyed by the study area were studied from (the network to the Iraqi-Saudi borders).  The history of these archaeological sites on the Zubaydah Road goes back to prehistory, and some of them date back to the Islamic eras. As for the conclusions reached by the research, they are the paving and development of roads, which are the basis for the development and sustainability of desert tourism - and the recommendations were to complete the paving of the study area road, which is complementary to the old land pilgrimage road (Darb Zubaydah), which has importance in terms of tourism and trade.