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CATEGORIA PONENCIA : Póster
CLASIFICACION TEMATICA : Geografía del turismo, ocio y cambio global
AUTOR PRINCIPAL : Al-Faqeer Badr
ORGANIZACION : King Saud Univesity
PAIS : Arabia Saudita / Saudi Arabia
Distribution and Characteristics of Touristic Attraction in Saudi Arabia
DR.Badr Al-Faqeer
First: Physical Geography:
1- Location:The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia lies Mathematically between
latitudes (16ْ-32ْ) north and longitudes (34ْ56ْ) east. Geographically the country occupies the nexus of the old
world, so she lies in the southern-western corner of Asia and from Africa
separated only by the Red Sea. In North and north-west connected to the
Mediterranean world and Europe.
2- Landscape:The landscape of the Kingdom is characterized by its highest
peak in the Western part and start gradually to decrease toward the east.
The features of the landscape that spread over an area of about
2000000km2,An area nearly the size of Western Europe, or one third of the
United States. The area can be divided into ten landscape regions that
cover the country from west to east as follows: red sea,red Sea coastal
plains,western highlands,western plateau and volcanic outflows,najd
plateau,northern and eastern plateau,sand formations,valleys,the eastern
plains and the arabic gulf.
3- Climate:The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia climate is characterized by high
temperature particularly during summer, due to her location in hot
tropical region, cloudlessness of the biggest part of her sky and the
long hours of the day-time. The sandy oceans that cover about one-third
of the Kingdom area contribute to rise in temperature specially at post
meridiem, in addition to continental dry winds. Whereas during winter
moderate temperature prevail.
Second:Brief History & population:
1-Brief History:The Arabian Peninsula has been inhabited since
prehistoric times.Trading links with Egyptians and Babylonians for spices
and incense were established in second millennium BC;before roman times
the peninsula was crossroads of caravan routes between Yemen and
Rome,Egypt and Petra,Sinai and Persia.The modern history of Saudi Arabia
dates from 1744 when the ruler of the small town in central arabian
peninsula"Al Der'iyyah",Muhammad bin Saud,formed an alliance with
the Muslim scholar and religious leader Mumammad bin Abdul
wahab,partnership born of traditional Islamic beliefs that led to
founding of modern state.The al Saud family ruled much of the peninsula
throughout the 19th century.In 1902 AbdulAziz bin Abdulrrahman al Saud
succeeded in recapturing Riyadh and in the following thirty years
proceeded to unite the peninsula's numerous and disparate tribes
into one nation.The foundation of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia took place
on 23 September 1932.A day that marks the international recognition of
the new nation sovereignty and is commemorated every year as the national
day.
2- POPULATION:It is manifest from estimations and census of Saudi Arabia
that population size growth passed through two phase of steady slow and
quick growth. In 1902, population count was estimated to be about
1.500.000, thirty years following that when the establishment of the
Kingdom was officially declared in 1932, populate estimate was 2.500.000
to 3.000.000 in (1962).with those changes indicate that the increase in
growth rates progressed with slow rate but continuous due to political
stability, established security and oil returns.
Population growth movement can be accurately monitored via official
periodical population censes performed by the state, which showed very
high population growth rates, so in 1974 the total population count was
7.009.366 persons, to be more than double within two decades only,
achieving 16.948.388 persons in (1992) and reached to 22.678.262 persons
in (2004).In 2010 the population is 27.136.977,(31%) are non national.Two
factors are responsible for provision of population increase :biological
increase and foreign migration.
THIRD:Tourism Resources:
Tourism resources can be divided into two main parts: natural
resources and human resources.
Natural
resources:
Saudi Arabia enjoys richness of landscape and environment that
provide many suitable sites for tourism and recreation activities of
which: mountains, beaches, islands, interior plateau, great Sands oceans,
caves and wildlife and maritime protectorates.
Human resources:
The human touristic resources can be divided to cultural resources.where
Saudi Arabia had witnessed the rise of various civilizations since pre
history and historical ears.,which include heritage of pre-Islamic
civilizations in: Al-Faw, Tayma,Dadan“Al-Ola”,AlHiger“Mada'Salih”DomatAljandal(Adomato),Thaj,Najran and heritage of
Islamic era in Mecca – the honored Kaaba and sacred shrines; Madina where
the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) grave and civil architecture in Rabatha and
Al-Mabiyat “Gorh”,and heritage resources.These include craftsmanships,
traditional architecture, culture ceremonies and folklore.In addition of
the group of accommodation , facilities and tourism services are the
components of infrastructure and superstructure the second wing of the
touristic offer, so transport preparations enhance tourists access to
tourism destination and the accommodation and facilities make their
residence satisfactory and enjoyable