VPLYV CESTOVNÉHO RUCHU NA ZMENY V ZAMESTNANIACH BEDUÍNOV V JORDÁNSKEJ PETRE

• Authors: Kučírek Tomáš

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Influence of tourism on changes in Bedouin´s employments in Petra in Jordan

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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Bedouin culture is considered as a core part of Arab culture. Basic idea of Bedouin identity is derived from pastoral nomadic life in desert. Concept of Bedouin identity changes dramatically in time. Bedouins in Middle East were affected in 20th century by massive global changes. Life they endured during thousands of years changed in few decades. During the process of sedentarization they were forced to change methods of acquiring livelihood. A specific situation occurred in tourism destinations. Petra in Jordan is listed as a top tourist attraction in the county. Here, old Nabataean monuments were inhabited by local Bedouin communities for hundreds of years. With development of mass tourism on location Bedouins were moved to newly constructed village of Umm Sayhun outside of Petra. Bedouins had to give up on traditional ways of living and to focus on new jobs connected to tourism. Today the vast majority of them work in tourism sector. Bedouin in Petra changed from nomad and shepherd to local tourist guide or to souvenir seller. New jobs caused changes in local culture and led to formation of unique culture, different from other Bedouin communities in Jordan.

Keywords

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TOURISM; MIDDLE EAST; BEDOUIN; CULTURE; PETRA; JORDAN

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Ethnological Society, and Slovak National Museum - Ethnological Museum (in Martin)
• Journal: Etnologické rozpravy (Ethnological Disputes)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 131 – 143

Contributors

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Kučírek Tomáš

• Katedra manažmentu kultúry a turizmu, FF UKF v Nitre, Nitra, Slovak Republic