Traditional Clothing, Souvenirs, and Food as Factors of Tourist Attraction

Document Type : Original research articles

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College of Home Economics - King Abdulaziz University

Abstract

Tourism has become, in recent years, a dominant sector that has grown more attractive due to the changes of tourism concept for exploring deferent places and different countries.   this industry’s positive contributions to national economies, made some countries spend extra attention in advertising as well as promoting their heritage to the world. This paper aims to review many researches that show the importance of tourism in raising the economic level of countries. Among the things that attract tourists are the archaeological, natural and historical areas, traditional clothing, popular food, old-style dances and souvenirs.
            The focus of this research is to explore different clothing of different regions of the world that have a great impact in attracting the attention of tourists to the beauty of designs, magnificenceof colors and the ancient past of   different countries. The purpose of this paper is to identify how traditional clothing, souvenirs, and food would increase the tourism, and attract the tourists to the national identity of countries. Findings of this study, of the literature review is centered on the economic growth from tourist most item of attraction such as culture, food, traditional clothing and ethnic tourism or national identity. Many studies have examined tourism as a business oriented to customer’s needs.
            The study also concludes that a country must preserve its heritage due to its sustainable impact in the minds of tourists in enhancing good memories and unforgettable experience at a specific destination. This paper develops further understanding of tourism and tourist’s attraction factors, including traditional clothing, food, music, dance, souvenirs, gastronomy tourism, among other things

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