Jebel Qatrani as Geotourism Sites in Egypt: An Exploratory Study

Abstract

This research aims to identify the natural and geological features of Jebel Qatrani and to explore the role of geosite management in enhancing Jebel Qatrani as geotourism sites. A single case study was applied to reach the research aim. This research is based on a qualitative approach to obtain adequate information for achieving the research aim, direct observation was used for data collection. The results revealed that Jebel Qatrani has attractions such as fossils, rocks, mountains, and fossilized trees. The results indicated that Jebel Qatrani is characterized by unique diversity in geological and geomorphological. Jebel Qatrani has a history and geological importance. The results reported that there is a lack of marketing activities or promotion plans for promoting Jebel Qatrani. Also, there is no pamphlet and brochures to provide information to visitors. The results reported that there is a lack of signboard in place, and there is no food and beverage service. This research has several limitations. Firstly, this research focused on one case study of Jebel Qatrani. Secondly, the literature showed there had been a clear lack of prior research studies on geotourism sites in Egypt, in particularly Jebel Qatrani. Future research should address more geosites in Egypt; it also should undertake to test the findings of this research.

Sustainable tourism: analysis of methods and applications in the Indonesian tourism journals

“…In several cases, researchers from foreign institutions were found, such as Nobukazu Nagakoshi (L. Hakim & Nagakoshi, 2008), David Reeve (Valeriani et al, 2020), Guillaume Tiberghien (Ristiawan & Tiberghien, 2021), and Kumiko Shishido (Sadguna et al, 2020), or where the member researchers are from different international institutions from the first researcher, such as the Hess et al, (2021) article, both of which were ignored, because the data collection only refers to the identity of the first researcher. Twenty-five international researchers were recorded from 15 countries: United States (Acharya, 2021), Australia (Ayoub, 2020;Prideaux & Tao, 2005;Zeng, 2005), Bangladesh (Bhuiyan & Ismail, 2018), Netherlands (Rindrasih, 2015), Bulgaria (Slavov & Palupi, 2019), Ethiopia (Eshete et al, 2020), Philippines (Abansi, 2012;Arreza & Esguerra, 2021;Era & Rosario, 2020;Espiritu & Guevarra, 2015;Luna, 2021), India (De, 2012;Dey, 2013;Vinodan, 2010), United Kingdom (Hess et al, 2021), Italy (Brida, 2008), South Korea (Anele & Sam-Otuonye, 2021), Egypt (Abdou et al, 2020), France (Loustaunau, 2018), Romania (Voda et al, 2019), and Thailand (Chaichompoo, 2011;Songkhla & Somboonsuke, 2012;Southiseng & Walsh, 2010). The authors noticed that the tendency of international scholars to publish their studies in national tourism journals is indicated to have increased in recent years.…”

Pariwisata Berkelanjutan: Analisis terhadap Metode, Topik, dan Aplikasinya pada Jurnal Pariwisata Indonesia

“…25 peneliti internasional berasal dari 15 negara: Amerika Serikat (Acharya, 2021), Australia (Ayoub, 2020;Prideaux & Tao, 2005;Zeng, 2005), Bangladesh (Bhuiyan & Ismail, 2018), Belanda (Rindrasih, 2015), Bulgaria (Slavov & Palupi, 2019), Etiopia (Eshete et al, 2020), Filipina (Abansi, 2012;Arreza & Esguerra, 2021;Era & Rosario, 2020;Espiritu & Guevarra, 2015;Luna, 2021), India (De, 2012;Dey, 2013;Vinodan, 2010), Inggris (Hess et al, 2021), Italia (Brida, 2008), Korea Selatan (Anele & Sam-Otuonye, 2021), Mesir (Abdou et al, 2020), Prancis (Loustaunau, 2018), Rumania (Voda et al, 2019), dan Thailand (Chaichompoo, 2011;Songkhla & Somboonsuke, 2012;Southiseng & Walsh, 2010). Dari frekuensi artikel bisa dilihat bahwa kecenderungan akademisi internasional untuk mempublikasikan kajian mereka pada jurnal pariwisata nasional terindikasi meningkat pada beberapa tahun terakhir.…”

“…Selain dari 10 topik dengan porsi terbesar yang sudah dipaparkan di atas, kajian yang dilakukan oleh peneliti-peneliti juga mengangkat topik-topik menarik lainnya. Diantaranya adalah ekonomi pariwisata (Agfianto et al, 2019;Haryanto, 2014a;Kristiana & Nathalia, 2021;Lemy et al, 2021), agrotourism (Adhikerana et al, 2021;Azizah & Anom, 2020;Nisa' et al, 2014;Songkhla & Somboonsuke, 2012;Suharto, 2016;Widari et al, 2020), edutourism (Marzaman & Rasyid, 2020;Purnaya et al, 2018;Sadguna et al, 2020;Suharta et al, 2014), geotourism (Abdou et al, 2020;Darmaja et al, 2016;N. Wijaya et al, 2019;Wulung et al, 2020), culinary and gastronomy tourism (Darma Putra, 2014;Junianingsih et al, 2014;Nindita et al, 2019;Pitanatri, 2016;Ratnasari et al, 2020), spiritual tourism (Aditya et al, 2019;Baiquni & Heriani, 2021;Mau & Sukawati, 2019;Wiweka, 2014;Wulandari & Adikampana, 2018), ICT pada pariwisata (Acharya, 2021;Dewantara, 2019;I.…”