تأثير الأزمة الاقتصادية العالمية على السياحة الوافدة إلى الأردن عام 2009م

Abstract

The study aims at evaluating the impact of the economic crisis on the declining incoming tourism in Jordan with regard to tourism regions and a number of nationalities in addition to evaluating the differentiation in the effect of this crisis on the incoming tourists to Jordan between the tourists of the distant and close regions, and between the tourists of the developed and developing countries. To achieve the study objectives, the descriptive, historical and statistical analytical approach has been adopted using One Way Analysis of Variance and the values of the coefficient of variance. The study shows that there are statistical significant differences among regions and nationalities with regard to the impact of the international economic crisis (2008 – 2009 CE) on the incoming tourism in Jordan at 0.05. The study also shows that there is a clear differentiation in the declining numbers of regional incoming tourists to Jordan. The American and European regions were in the first place with a high degree followed by the African, Asian and the Pacific regions which occupied the second place with a moderate degree while the groups from the Middle East region ( Jordanian and Gulf) were affected slightly. In addition, the study refers to a declining number of the incoming tourists to Jordan from regions and nationalities that are geographically remote from Jordan more than the close Middle East region, and a declining number of the incoming tourists to Jordan from the American and European regions and nationalities that represent developed countries more than those that represent developing countries.