Dimensions of Tourism Organizations
Ali Fouad Ksheish
Under the supervision of Asst. Lect. Zainab Muslim Al-Moussawi
1. The Economic Dimension: Tourism plays a significant role in the economies of countries and occupies a prominent position and global attention from governments and experts. The insistence that a country that has begun to develop and grow its tourism sector is on the path to economic development and improving its economic structure. The economic impact of tourism is evident in the increase in tourism revenues in foreign currency, which provides the necessary impetus for development by providing the largest possible amount of foreign currency that tourists spend during their stay on various tourism and non-tourism services and goods. This tourism spending also has a multiplier effect if it is re-spent several times to improve goods and services, which leads to a doubling of this income. The benefit to the national economy is not limited to current tourism activity, but rather, investment tourism spending contributes to the development of a number of sectors that feed the tourism sector with the goods and services it needs. The government can also control the contribution of tourism to government revenues to the extent required, represented by direct and indirect tax forms on commercial and industrial profits. and customs.
2. The Environmental Dimension: Tourism organizations contribute to the improvement and development of tourist attractions, their maintenance, and restoration, such as shrines, mosques, and other sites, and their presentation within the destination’s tourism product. This includes the creation of new communities as a result of tourism expansion and investment, and a better redistribution of the population. They also promote the optimal selection of tourism styles that suit the nature of the community, as well as appropriate architectural designs that reflect the culture and authenticity of the community. This helps preserve the inherited traditions and customs of the communities, leading to increased tourist influx to these communities to learn about their traditions and customs.
3. The Social Dimension: Tourism organizations contribute significantly to community development, which necessitates a significant focus on the tourism sector by improving the level of tourism, hotel, and transportation services, and developing training programs in this field using sound, integrated scientific planning. The continued prosperity of tourism eliminates many problems, such as unemployment and economic stagnation, and promotes a better redistribution of the population by establishing tourism projects in new tourist urban communities. Tourism requires attention to the health of the community and the elimination of environmental pollution, and tourism organizations are crucial in achieving social well-being.
4. Cultural Dimension: Local and international interest in the cultural dimension highlights the importance of culture as one of the basic sectors in economic and social development. It constitutes a fundamental force in the field of creativity, wealth creation and employment. Interest in the role of culture in development has contributed to the emergence of cultural industries, which have become part of the basic industries. One of the most important areas that has received the attention of cultural policy experts is their concern for cultural tourism, especially since recent decades have been characterized by the movement of peoples, the diversity of means of transportation and communication, and the increase in supply and demand for places of attraction. Cultural tourism depends on a set of tourism customs and practices related to cultural and natural he
