INTRODUCTION
The success of tourism in any country depends on the ability of that country to sufficiently develop, manage and market the tourism facilities and activities in that country (Briassoulis and Straaten, 1999). In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), tourism is one of the industries with the strongest effect on the economy because it helps in developing other sectors. According to statistics supplied by Department of Economic Development in the Emirate of Ras al Khaimah (RAK) (2007), tourism in the Northern part of the UAE contributes about two percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (Department of Economic Development, 2007). The tourism sector is estimated to have generated 19 billion US dollars in 2007 for the UAE (Alittihad, 2008). The UAE Government in her quest to diversify her mono-cultural economy, which is heavily dependent on petroleum export, has decided to take some measures to promote travel and tourism (Ministry of Economy, 2007). The aims of these measures to make the UAE the ultimate tourism destination in the Middle East and to make tourism one of the greatest foreign exchange earners in an oil dependent economy.
2009 14 Jul
The study of urban growth impact in tourism area using remote sensing and GIS technique for north part of the UAE
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