Research about Tourism Value Chain Impact in Religious Tourist Destinations from Lebanon

Abstract

This paper aims to study the impact of tourism value chain in religious tourist destinations and formulate a value chain model for developing religious tourist destinations from Lebanon. In this sense, a systematic literature review was conducted to identify the lapses in the religious tourism supply chain which provides adequate revenue to the tourism sector. The identified lapses shaped the objectives and research methodology of this study and guided the authors to develop a theoretical framework (survey) for the smooth flow of people and other services along this supply chain. Collaborative efforts of all stakeholders at different levels can make the proposed framework work effectively. For data collection, this study adopts a quantitative analysis, the descriptive survey, with a set of step-by-step processes that has been proposed to understand the religious tourism supply chain. The main results of this research show the strong impact of tourism value chain in religious tourist destinations which deserves the attention of cultural and tourism policymakers from Lebanon. In addition, the results of this research can be taken into account by other countries with different religions for developing their own tourism value chain. The importance of the study is far-reaching. The findings can contribute to the expansion of supply chain in religious tourist destinations and aware of the importance of reconstruction solution to the tourism value chain. Finally, this study proposes a list of conclusions that would benefit future researchers to close the lapse in the tourism value chain on religious tourist destinations. JEL: Z32, L83, L89