THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, CULTURAL AND MEDIA EFFECTS THAT RESULTS OUT OF THE INTERRELATION BETWEEN A TOURIST AND OF HOST

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Post Grad. Student, Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams Unversity

2 Graduate Childhood Studies, Ain Shams Universit

3 Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University

4 Faculty of Tourism & Hotels, Helwan University

Abstract

This study drives at identifying the psychological, cultural and media influences of tourism on the study sample of working/non-working personnel in tourism field according to the difference in the mutual relationship between the tourist and the host. The study sample consists of (400) items, selected randomly from meals and females  of workers and non-workers in the tourism field on new valley, and another sample consisting of (240) items representing French/English tourists. The study relies on the comparative-descriptive method. The researchers have designed a scale of the psychological influences of tourism on the host community, a scale of the cultural influences of tourism on the host community, a scale of the media influences of tourism on the host community, a questionnaire and a tourist opinion poll. The study results indicate that there are statistically significant differences for the psychological, cultural and media influences between the study sample items of workers/non-workers in the tourism field on the mutual relationship between the tourist and the host due to the different age stages and due to gender (males / females), in favor of workers in tourism field at (0.01) significance level.
Keywords: psychological influences - cultural influences - media influences - tourism - tourist - host community- new valley
 
 

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