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The Middle East has been a key market in the post-pandemic rebound in global tourism, boosted by one-off events in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in 2022. GCC states are…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281541
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The tourist sector is recovering strongly following the COVID-19 pandemic, aided by government efforts to promote high-end leisure tourism and increase capacity for religious…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273481
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Tourism development forms a key plank of Bahrain’s long-term economic growth strategy. However, almost all its Gulf peers are pursuing the same goal, armed with often-superior…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280767
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Saudi tourism expansion plans.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB249032
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In February and before the holy month of Ramadan (March 10-April 9), President Abdelmadjid Tebboune formally inaugurated with much fanfare the Grand Mosque of Algiers, the world’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286340
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Oman was unique among Arab monarchies in that Qaboos refused to name an heir during his lifetime, creating uncertainty. Not necessarily the obvious candidate, Sultan Haitham’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB249975
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The Ukrainian crisis, by raising energy prices, has boosted energy-exporter Algeria’s foreign policy, which is making a comeback after a decade of relative absence and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271892
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As places of work and entertainment reopen, pressure is rising on potential vaccine refusers, with the poorer, socially conservative ultra-Orthodox (haredi) and Israeli Arab…
Long droughts and longer summers due to climate change are lengthening the wildfire season. Yet wildfires are just one in a series of environmental crises that highlight the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263273
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Problems facing Chad's regional counterterrorism efforts.