THE IMPACT OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM ON THE TRADITIONAL PSYCHOSOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SAUDI SOCIETY ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE CITY OF MECCA

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Post grad. Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University

2 Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University

3 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

This study belongs to the pattern of descriptive studies in order to identify the most important problems of religious tourism and its manifestations and characteristics, and to identify the differences in the dimensions of personality among the members of the research sample according to social variables. The study was applied to a random sample of those who attended the religious areas in Makkah (150) singles.The most important results of the study were that the tourist areas suffer from the problems of overcrowding in the congestion of cars near For tourist shrines, noise and noise resulting from congestion, the proliferation of street vendors in tourist places and the lack of equal employment opportunities for both sexes in the field of religious tourism among Saudi citizens and the preference of males over females in the available works. The study also confirmed that there are significant differences at the level of (0.01) in the construction of the Saudi character according to the major factors of personality according to the educational status variable. The study recommended re-planning tourist areas to reduce the spread of pollutants. Environment.
 

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