Museum Techniques for Educational Tourism Visitors

Document Type : Original Article

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Heritage and museum studies department, Helwan University

Abstract

Museums are mainly culture institution and playing very effective role in culture tourism as informal tool for learning and enjoyment. The number of Egyptian museum visitors are 80% travelers for culture tourism to explore, learn, and enjoy art and heritage of the different cultures such as the ancient Egyptian history, GrecoRoman, Coptic and Islamic cultures where the researchers can find so many values for tangible and intangible values. Moreover, the Egyptian museums are full of knowledge, which are target for so many researchers from all over the world. The idea of the research came after several international educational institution such as Kazakhstan and Netherlands asked to guide their students for culture tours as they teach them Islamic and Arabic language but miss a about practice and culture of the country. Therefore, the museum can be very powerful engine of economic development through educational tourism as full package of services.

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