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This article explores sustainable practices for tourism organizations in the public sector in Jordan by assessing sustainable tourism behaviors from a sample of managers in the public sector and provides recommendations for the development of practices and sustainable behavior in the tourism industry. The key findings of this study are that Jordan’s public sector managers show a better understanding of the concept of sustainability and have tried to apply it in accordance with the specific field of their organization and limits of their management. The study also found that there is always room for improvement and to raise awareness of Jordan’s sustainability.
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103852
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This article critically appraises and evaluates tourism strategies and heritage management in Luang Prabang, Lao People's Democratic Republic, a Unescodesignated "world heritage" city. Luang Prabang is widely regarded as one of the most significant heritage cities in Southeast Asia. The city is renowned for its Buddhist and royal culture and also its historic vernacular Lao, French, and Lao-French architecture. The city earned world heritage status in 1995, but since that time the boom in in-bound Asian tourism has put pressures on Luang Prabang's authenticity and, for some, called into question the validity of its world heritage status. This article examines these substantial and wide-ranging pressures and argues that the growth in tourism and the treatment of Luang Prabang's heritage are symptoms of broader regional processes of political and economic change, including the expansion of Chinese and Korean investment and the growth of intra-regional tourism. The authors argue that it is unreasonable to expect traditional heritage management mechanisms, including the world heritage listing, to be able to cope with the pressures on sites like Luang Prabang. The very least that is required, the authors contend, is an expanded understanding of the context in which heritage places sit, and the authors make a case that the cultural landscapes approach, combined with explicit concern for intangible heritage and poverty alleviation, must be at the core of any strategy for long-term protection of the city's cultural heritage values.
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