WORLD TOURISM DESTINATIONS UNIT-III 1. Middle East Countries 2. Central and Middle Asia 3. China 4. SAARC Countries A S I A N C O N T I N E N T 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 2 Countries in ASIAN Continent : 48+03+01 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 3 WEST ASIA CENTRAL ASIA SOUTH ASIA 12/11/2020NORTH ASIA Saravanan_doc_WorldEAST ASIA Tourism_PPT SOUTH EAST ASIA4 WEST ASIA 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 5 WEST ASIAN COUNTRIES • Armenia • Lebanon • Azerbaijan • Oman • Bahrain • Palestine • Cyprus • Qatar • Georgia • Saudi Arabia • Iraq • Syria • Iran • Turkey • Israel • United Arab Emirates • Jordan • Yemen • Kuwait 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 6 Armenia 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 7 Azerbaijan 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 8 Bahrain 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 9 Cyprus 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 10 Georgia 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 11 Iraq 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 12 Iran 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 13 Israel 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 14 Jordan 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 15 Kuwait 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 16 Lebanon 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 17 Oman 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 18 Palestine 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 19 Qatar 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 20 Saudi Arabia 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 21 Syria 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 22 Turkey 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 23 United Arab Emirates 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 24 Yemen 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 25 CENTRAL ASIA 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 26 Countries in Central Asia • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 27 Kazakhstan 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 28 Kyrgyzstan 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 29 Tajikistan 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 30 Turkmenistan 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 31 Uzbekistan 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 32 SOUTH ASIA 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 33 South Asian Countries • Afghanistan • Bangladesh • Bhutan • India • Nepal • Maldives • Pakistan • Sri Lanka 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 34 Afghanistan 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 35 Bangladesh 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 36 Bhutan 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 37 India 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 38 Nepal 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 39 Maldives 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 40 Pakistan 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 41 Sri Lanka 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 42 NORTH ASIA 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 43 NORTH ASIAN COUNTRIES • RUSSIA 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 44 RUSSIA 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 45 EAST ASIA 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 46 EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES • CHINA • HONG KONG • JAPAN • MACAU • MONGOLIA • NORTH KOREA • SOUTH KOREA • TAIWAN 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 47 CHINA 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 48 HONG KONG 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 49 JAPAN 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 50 MACAU 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 51 MONGOLIA 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 52 NORTH KOREA 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 53 SOUTH KOREA 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 54 TAIWAN 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 55 SOUTH EAST ASIA 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 56 SOUTH EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES • Brunei • Philippines • Cambodia • Singapore • East Timor • Thailand • Indonesia • Vietnam • Laos • Malaysia • Myanmar 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 57 Brunei 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 58 Cambodia 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 59 East Timor 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 60 Indonesia 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 61 Laos 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 62 Malaysia 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 63 Myanmar (Burma) 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 64 Philippines 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 65 Singapore 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 66 Thailand 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 67 Vietnam 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 68 Countries, Capital Cities, Languages and Currency 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 69 Countries, Capital Cities, Languages and Currency (West Asia) 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 70 * Armenia - Yerevan - Armenian - dram * Azerbaijan - Baku - Azerbaijani - manat * Bahrain - Manama - Arabic - bahraini dinar * Cyprus - Nicosia - Greek/turkish - cypriot pound * Gaza - Gaza - Arabic - israeli new sheqel * Georgia - Tbilisi - Georgian - lari * Iraq - Baghdad - Arabic - iraqi dinar * Israel - Jerusalem - Hebrew - israeli new sheqel * Jordan - Amman - Arabic - jordanian dinar * Kuwait - Kuwait City - Arabic - kuwait dinar * Lebanon - Beirut - Arabic - lebanese lira * Oman - Muscat - Arabic - rial * Qatar - Doha - Arabic - riyal * Saudi Arabia - Riyadh - Arabic - riyal * Syria - Damascus - Arabic - syrian pound * Turkey - Ankara - Turkish - new turkish lira * United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi - Arabic - UAE dirham * Yemen - Sanaá - Arabic - yemeni rial 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 71 Countries, Capital Cities, Languages and Currency (Central Asia) * Kazakhstan - Astana - Kazakh/Russian - Tenge * Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek - Krygyz/Russian - Som * Tajikistan - Dushanbe - Tajik - Somoni * Turkmenistan - Ashgabat - Turkmen - Turkmen Manat * Uzbekistan - Tashkent - Uzbek - Uzbekistan Som 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 72 Countries, Capital Cities, Languages and Currency (South Asia) * Afghanistan - Kabul - persian - afghani * Bangladesh - Dhaka - bengali - taka * Bhutan - Thimphu - dzongkha - ngultrum * India - New Delhi - hindi - rupee * Iran - Tehran - persian - iranian rial * Maldives - Malé - dhihevi - rufiyaa * Nepal - Kathmandu - nepali - rupee * Pakistan - Islamabad - urdu - rupee * Sri Lanka - Colombo - sinhala/tamil - sri lankan rupee 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 73 Countries, Capital Cities, Languages and Currency (North Asia) • Russia - Moscow - Russian - ruble 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 74 Countries, Capital Cities, Languages and Currency (East Asia) * China - Beijing - Mandarin - Yuan * Hong Kong - none - English/Chinese - Hong Kong Dollar * Japan - Tokyo - Japanese - Yen * Macau - none - Chinese/Portugese - Macanese Pataca * Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar - Mongolian - togrog * North Korea - Pyongyang - Korean - North Korean won * South Korea - Seoul - Korean - won * Taiwan - Taipei - mandarin - new taiwan dollar 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 75 Countries, Capital Cities, Languages and Currency (South East Asia) * Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan - Malay - brunei dollar * Cambodia - Phnom Penh - khmer/french - riel * Indonesia - Jakarta -indonesian - rupiah * Laos - Vientiane - lao/french - kip * Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - malay - ringgit * Myanmar (Burma)- Naypyidaw - burmese - kyat * Philippines - Manila - filipino/english - peso * Singapore - Singapore -english/mandarian/malay/tamil - singapore dollar * Thailand - Bangkok - thai - baht * Timor-Leste (East Timor) - Dili -tetum/portugese - US dollar * Vietnam - Hanoi - vietnamese - dong 12/11/2020 Saravanan_doc_World Tourism_PPT 76 The Tourism Geography of the Middle East Countries of the Middle East • Bahrain within Iraq) • Qatar • Cyprus • Israel • Saudi Arabia • Egypt • Jordan • Syria • Iran • Kuwait • Turkey • Iraq • Lebanon • United Arab • Iraqi • Oman Emirates Kurdistan • State of • Yemen (autonomy Palestine The Middle East-Cultural Features • Vast petroleum resources • All but two (Israel and Iran) of the countries in the region are Arabic-Speaking • Predominantly Muslim in Religion, except for Israel and Lebanon • There are substantial ethnic and religious minorities Cultural Features Aspects of Islam that influence tourist experience: • The obligation of Muslims to pray five times a day with special emphasis on Friday • The requirement to fast between sunrise and sunset during the month of Ramadan • At least once in a lifetime, Muslims should make the pilgrimage or haj to the holy city of Mecca Tourism Demand and Supply • The region accounts for a relatively small share of the world tourism – almost 3% of arrivals • Dubai invests heavily in tourism • Oil-based prosperity of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states attract a large business travel market • There is considerable volume of travel involving business tourism, returning migrant workers, visiting friends and relatives, Tourism Demand and Supply • With only modest progress in education, most countries in the region are ill-equipped to meet the challenges of globalization • Foreign investors and national governments have provided much of the infrastructure needed for international tourism • Cheap oil: more vehicles Tourism Resources • A wealth of cultural attractions: the region gave rise to the world’s earliest civilizations and 3 major religions – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam • A generally favourable climate for beach tourism, although in some countries this is restricted by cultural and religious attitudes (except Israel and Dubai) • The mountains in the north of