Resumen de Protected area tourism in Jordan: an exploratory study

Malek M. Jamaliah, Mohammad M. Alazaizeh, Nidal Alzboun, Yahya A. Alzghoul

• Despite the current wide-spread interest in protected area tourism, it continues to be relatively new phenomenon among Jordanians. Although much research has been conducted on this phenomenon, little attention has been focused on the study of protected area tourism in the Arab World. Given this lack of research, particularly in Jordan, the study reported here explores Jordanians visits to protected areas, focusing on their level of visitation, their connection to nature, and the motivation and constraints of these visits.