Jeddah, Saudi Arabia tourism case study

Tourism in Jeddah: A Case Study [student`s name] [university] Tourism in Jeddah: A Case Study Considered as the gateway to the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina, Jeddah has become one of the top tourist destinations in Saudi Arabia. Recent reports show that the city plays host to more than 6 million people annually, with 90% of which are visitors coming from the domestic market ADDIN CSL_CITATION { "citationItems" : [ { "id" : "ITEM-1", "itemData" : { "author" : [ { "dropping-particle" : "", "family" : "Jeddah Government", "given" : "", "non-dropping-particle" : "", "parse-names" : false, "suffix" : "" } ], "id" : "ITEM-1", "issued" : { "date-parts" : [ [ "2007" ] ] }, "title" : "Tourism", "type" : "report" }, "uris" : [ "/documents/?uuid=ef8d785e-ca61-4462-88ca-cf393d88cb25" ] } ], "mendeley" : { "previouslyFormattedCitation" : "(Jeddah Government, 2007)" }, "properties" : { "noteIndex" : 0 }, "schema" : "https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json" }(Jeddah Government, 2007). Typical tourists to Jeddah come from other parts of Saudi Arabia, are usually families (not individual travelers) and are interested in the various commercial offerings in the city. Shopping, dining and fun are the most common reasons why they visit the city. Tourists typically flock the city during seasonal festivals. Statistics show that as of 2011, the city receives more than 2 million visitors from the Jeddah festival alone, with tourist expenditures amounting to almost 30 billion Riyals ADDIN CSL_CITATION { "citationItems" : [ { "id" : "ITEM-1", "itemData" : { "author" : [ { "dropping-particle" : "", "family" : "Jeddah Economic Gateway", "given" : "", "non-dropping-particle" : "", "parse-names" : false, "suffix" : "" } ], "id" : "ITEM-1", "issued" : { "date-parts" : [ [ "2011" ] ] }, "publisher-place" : "Jeddah", "title" : "Estimates of tourism expenditure through festivals and events in Jeddah 1432", "type" : "report" }...