The impact of tourism sustainability on the preservation of the urban heritage of ancient cities (Karbala city as amodel)

Abstract

The city of Karbala is one of the most important tourist cities characterized by the presence of important religious shrines that have their sanctity among Muslims in various parts of the world, and this gives the city the status of religious function in addition to the archaeological function through the architectural design of religious shrines and adjacent residential units . The process of developing the city of Karbala and paying attention to the heritage and archaeological aspect was the focus of the research question, and the research hypothesis was launched through the development of development strategies that contribute to real-time and future treatments while achieving an acceptable return on investment to sustain the city such as maintenance, restoration, financing and management of tourist sites.                                                           

 The results of the statistical analysis test of the study showed in terms of the median and standard deviation and the results showed that there is a significant correlation between tourism sustainability and archaeological cities, and that there is a positive correlation between sustainable and archaeological cities, with a moral level (0.01>p) and there is a correlation between sustainability and archaeological cities (sustainable tourism environment, equal opportunities in human resources, artificial intelligence, sustainable energy). the study has reached a number of conclusions and a set of recommendations addressed to those concerned and interested in the tourism sector  .