TY - BOOK AU - Marwa Salah Eldein Hussein Hassan AU - Mohammed M. Elbarmelgy , AU - Sherien A. Gammaz , TI - Promoting community-based ecotourism development at the natural areas in Egypt : : Barriersto effective planning through Egyptian ecotourisminitiatives evaluation / PY - 2020/// CY - Cairo : PB - Marwa Salah Eldein Hussein Hassan , KW - Community KW - Ecotourism KW - Participation N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Architectural Engineering; Issued also as CD N2 - Community-based Ecotourism (CBE) has become the newest approach in tourism development planning process, emerged to support community involvement, to improve their living standards and protect natural resources. However, the actual implementation of involving communities in decisions making is poorly achieved, which impacted negatively on the effectiveness and sustainability of these initiatives. Accordingly, this research focused on evaluating Egyptian Ecotourism initiatives represented by analyzing Egyptian case studies, through carrying out questionnaires and interviews UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -