Characteristics of seasonal tourism

Ashraf Asst. Lect. Janan Abdul-Ridha Hamza
Revan Hakim Muhammad Hamoud

Seasonal tourism has the following characteristics (Khafra, Diab, 2005: p. 248)
– The large specific weight of use (operation) is not complete
– Seasonal fluctuations such as the size of operation, use and work pressure
– The low specific weight of qualified staff
– The large specific weight of female work

Seasonal tourism patterns:
Tourist destinations go through a periodic experience of tourism activity, so they go to the peak season and the recession season and are separated by the shoulder seasons, thus forming patterns resulting from regular or irregular fluctuations that only return to specific times of the year. According to both Mao and Bothla, seasonality has four patterns as follows (Khanawi and Al-Aoubi, 2017-2018: p. 49)

1- Single-peak seasonality is the most extreme seasonal pattern that occurs in waves in which there is Tourism demand in specific months of the year is greater than tourism demand for the rest of the months of the same year due to the seasonal growth of tourism demand in the regions of Egypt matching the seasonal pattern of the attractiveness of the tourist destination as is the case in the Mediterranean destinations.

2- Double-peak seasonality results when there are two main and secondary seasons where each season meets a type of need such as mountainous areas that attract tourists in the summer and winter seasons and the Caribbean countries are a good example of this.

3- Multi-peak seasonality occurs in areas where tourism movement occurs at a single pace throughout the year as is the case in urban areas such as Singapore and Hong Kong.

4- Minimum seasonality is a mechanistic or multiple demand, i.e. it is not linked to a fixed period of time.