%0 Journal Article
%T THE ROLE OF LIBRARIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL TOURISM WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS TO THE BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA IN EGYPT
%A Violeta Tosic
%A Sanja Lazarevic
%J UTMS Journal of Economics
%D 2010
%I University of Tourism and Management
%X Cultural tourism has grown rapidly in the past few decades as a result of more income, higher levels of education, globalization processes that make the world a smaller place, technology, the effects of media and telecommunications and new types of cultural attractions. Libraries, as cultural institutions, may contribute significantly to the development of cultural tourism. One good example is the role of Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt.
%K Culture
%K Cultural tourism
%K Heritage
%K Libraries
%K Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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