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Abstract Summary The present thesis aims at studying the increase of tourism flows and its impact on the environment in Sharm El Shiekh for the purpose of attaining the following general goals: I-Determination of the environmental awareness among tourists 2-Ensure a sustainable tourism development that meets the need of the present without compromising the ability of the future generation to meet their own needs. Also, the significance of this work is to shed some light on the importance of the scientific background in the field oftourism and the environment. The present work depends upon the following two hypothesis: 1- Tourism has a bad effect on the environment in Sharm El Shiekh. 2- There is a shortage of environmental awareness among tourists in Sharm El Shiekh. 3- There is a shortage in implementing the environmental rules in Sharm El Shiekh. The obtained results from both the questionnaire and personal observations prove the right of all hypotheses. But the personal interviews with some experts in the Egyptian Environmental Affaires Agency (EEAA) indicate that there is a great effort in protecting the natural resources in the area, and also there is a training cent er in Ras Mohammed Protected Area to raise tourists’ environmental awareness by lectures and video films. Additionally, experts indicate that several |