%0 Journal Article %T Community Based Ecotourism Concept, Characteristics, and Restrictions Gharb-Sehel Village, Aswan, Pilot %J International Journal of Eco-Cultural Tourism, Hospitality Planning and Development %I Egypt Future Foundation in co-operation with the Italian Cultural Institute %Z 2735-5454 %A ABDEL-MEGUID, Ossama %D 2022 %\ 06/01/2022 %V 5 %N 1 %P 1-18 %! Community Based Ecotourism Concept, Characteristics, and Restrictions Gharb-Sehel Village, Aswan, Pilot %K Community %K Ecotourism %K concept %K characteristics %K restrictions %K Gharb-Sehel Village %K Aswan %K Pilot %R 10.21608/ijecth.2022.238730 %X Tourism has now become the world's most important civil industry, representing annually a US$ 3.5 trillion activity. The travel and tourism industry employs 127 million workers (one in 15 workers world-wide). Overall, the tourism industry is expected to double by the year 2006. The segment of tourism undergoing the fastest growth is community-based tourism, which includes ecotourism. Community-based ecotourism hasbeen estimated to account for between 10 and 15 percent of allinternational travel expenditures, and that figure seems to beincreasing rapidly. It is quite clear that unless this growthreceives careful and professional guidance, serious negativeconsequences - some of which may have terminal effects -couldoccur. %U https://ijecth.journals.ekb.eg/article_238730_95e8a8aa771aa7e4084cbd77bdfb4648.pdf