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Images of Egypt in United Kingdom Tour Operators' Brochures

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  • El Jalil, Sabreen J. Abd

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Tour operators and travel agents play a double role as distribution channels and image creators with tourist brochures playing an important role in the image creation process. This paper assesses tourist images of Egypt in the United Kingdom through content analysis of the brochures of United Kingdom tour operators using 35 image attributes which are rated on a 5-point Likert scale. Most of the brochures in the United Kingdom market present Egypt and its physical attractions - beaches, historical sites, luxury accommodation - extremely positively although clearly they have a vested interest in doing this. They are however silent on certain aspects of the destination which have received negative comments in the literature - the real lifestyles of local people and their friendliness and hospitality, the local cuisine and safety and security.

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  • El Jalil, Sabreen J. Abd, 2009. "Images of Egypt in United Kingdom Tour Operators' Brochures," MPRA Paper 25322, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 25 Aug 2009.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:25322
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    1. Yoel Mansfeld & Onn Winckler, 2004. "Options for Viable Economic Development through Tourism among the Non-Oil Arab Countries: The Egyptian Case," Tourism Economics, , vol. 10(4), pages 365-388, December.
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    Keywords

    Brochures; content analysis; Egypt; tour operators; tourist image; UK tourist market;
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    JEL classification:

    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration
    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism

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