Tourism in Desert

Pinnacles Desert in Western Australia

Thousands of eerie limestone pillars, form the Pinnacles Desert.

Thousands of natural limestone pillars rising out of the stark desert landscape of yellow quartz sand to create an entire yellow landscape.

Pinnacles Desert Wildflowers --wildflowers from August to October.

Kangaroo Point --toilets, barbecue and

picnic facilities

Camel safaris in the South Australia Campground and heritage

area around an oasis sheltered low key camping hot showers wood supplied for small

campfires peaceful - no generators

after 5pm or in the morning revitalizing "natural spa"

among wetland rushes bird-watching Railway Heritage (heritage

railway buildings under restoration )

Camels at a heritage railway site

Arabian Desert in Egypt

Desert areas divided by the Nile

--Western and Eastern deserts.

The western desert : relatively large and important oasis areas.

The Eastern desert and the Red Sea coast(the Arabian Desert)

--covers 21 percent of Egypt. Bedouin woman with Arabian camels (dromedaries) near Mada'in Salih, Saudi Arabia.

Eastern Desert monasteries of St. Anthony and St. Paul

--the Red Sea resorts, e.g.Hurghada

Popular coastal resorts: upscale el-Gouna

--because of its proximity to Cairo, the Suez Canal and the Eastern Desert Monasteries, Ain Soukhna

Smaller resort communities --many specializing in scuba

diving activities Modern roads and even train

s to the desert centers, such as the major Oasis, every day.

Some of the Oasis have their own airports

El-Gouna

Hurghada

Xinjiang Situated in the middle of the

Silk Road Abundant cultural and historical

relics Camel (two-humped Gobi

Desert beast) --Safest and sturdiest form of

transport --can go for weeks without

water. --Used for both work and leisure

purposes. A dawn camel-ride into the Gobi

Desert --allows visitors to have an

authentic taste of Silk Road life. Visiting local minority family,

camp fire, trekking in the desert and mountainous area. The Takla Makan De

sert at Sunset

Living standard of local people Increase (Xinjiang)

--In 2000, about 240,000 overseas tourists and 7.6 million domestic tourists visited the region and generated total revenue of US$93 million (+10%) and Rmb6.4 billion (+14%) respectively

--more than 60 star-grade hotels and 500,000 beds in Urumqi. --important industry in Xinjiang

Impact in the environmentTourism

pollution

Number of Tourists increase

Solid waste increase

Liquid waste from hotel

Increase demand of water

Water depletion

Increase vehicles

Decrease underground water

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