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Scholars have paid little attention to the concept of demarketing in the tourism sector. This research focuses on the concept and theory of demarketing as a marketing strategy, a policy option, as well as a promising management tool in tourism field in Egypt. The study argues that demarketing has been unconsciously used in Egyptian tourist activities without full recognition or appreciation of its merit as an effective marketing and/or management tool. Statistics of tourism traffics are used to demonstrate an aspect of the mass tourism in Egypt. Furthermore, interviews are conducted with academics and experts to assess the suggested demarketing strategy, which can be used to demarket some Egyptian tourist products to encourage other products, decrease the pressure of the mass tourism, and simultaneously remarket it to attract the higher yielding markets.
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