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Sustainable Destination Management

Strategies in the OIC Member Countries

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Figure 25: Tourism Corridor Funding Sources

Some of the OIC MDTCs seem to be reliant on external funding from to a large extent, while

others such as the Holy Family depend solely on internal funding, more specifically,

government funding.

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In the case of t

he

Abraham Path, the development of the corridor in

Palestine has been utterly reliant on external funding. It has received funding of up to $2.3

million from the World Bank over a period of 4 years. It has also received an additional $1.7

million in funding from the French agency for international development as well as from

various French NGOs.

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In the case of the Umayyad Route, funding comes from external sources is also quite substantial.

The external funding provided by the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument

(ENPI) amounted to 90% of the budget (3.7 million of 4.2 million) from 2012 to 2015, with

public funding supplying the remaining 10%.

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In Jordan, additional external funding options

are being explored, including grants fromUSAID, UNDP, and the World Monument Fund as well

as loans from the World Bank and the European Investment bank.

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Funding for the Silk Road TC combines external and internal sources. The UNWTO Silk Road

Programme Office has faced budgetary constraints by seeking funding through EU instruments

such as the VeroTour as well as private sector contributions such as in the case of the Maritime

Silk Road, which was sponsored a Chinese company. Sponsorships by hosting countries and

airline carriers is sought for hosting events, such as the Annual Silk Road Task Force meetings.

Countries along the Silk Road TC use public funding to cover the activities launched to promote

the corridor sites in their countries, as in the case of

t

he State Committee of the Republic of

Uzbekistan for Tourism Development (GosCom Tourism) in Uzbekistan.

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Examples from the OIC MDTCs show the use of a few sources of funding with heavy reliance, in

some instances, on external funding. While the Silk Road seems to have a more diversified

funding strategy, its funding levels are still reportedly low. While funding provided by external

sources can provide support to MDTCs, diversifying funding is essential to help ensure the

sustainability of the existing OIC MDTCs. The OIC MDTCs can work on exploring funding

streams such as encouraging contributions from the private sector along corridor nodes, as in

the case of the Silk Road TC.

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Please refer to the Holy Family case study for further details.

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Teller, Matthew. 2018. Hike Palestine. Aramco World Website.

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ENPI CBCMED Website.

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CulTech. 2015. Strategic Local Action Plan for Jordan UMAYYAD Project: A strategic ENPI-CBCMED Project.

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Please refer to the Silk Road case study for further details.