The Rehabilitation of the Historic Barzan Traditional Market and Its Impact on Cultural Tourism in Hail City
Hail is regarded as one of the richest cities in Saudi Arabia in terms of heritage sites. The city center, where the Barzan marketplace is located, is regarded as critical to the city’s cultural tourism. The purpose of this study is to understand the traditional Barzan market rehabilitation project...
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| author | Emad Noaime Mohammed Mashary Alnaim Mohammed Abdulfattah Bay Ghazy Abdullah Albaqawy Mohamed Hssan Hassan Abdelhafez Khaled Elkhayat |
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| description | Hail is regarded as one of the richest cities in Saudi Arabia in terms of heritage sites. The city center, where the Barzan marketplace is located, is regarded as critical to the city’s cultural tourism. The purpose of this study is to understand the traditional Barzan market rehabilitation project within the city center and its role in preserving Hail’s urban identity. According to the study, the rehabilitation of the city center presents an opportunity for urban development to boost tourism and connect various historic landmarks in a variety of ways, including the development of pedestrian routes. The study also presents and discusses several complexities and challenges that must be considered when implementing such an urban development. A multi-approach methodology is employed to investigate several urban factors and involved actors, including a social online survey and semi-structured interviews, as well as empirical data to support the study objectives. The study’s findings indicate that there is an issue with the urban solution implemented in the Barzan market on multiple levels, the most important of which is the ‘miso’ level of the city center, where several potential landmarks are neglected and isolated from the Barzan marketplace. A solution is proposed to create multiple urban spaces that can be used by the Hail community as a whole, not just those involved in the market. This would necessitate a different approach to space design, as well as changes in how the Barzan market is managed and maintained. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-09fb166410b04519ab263bede9c632872023-11-24T08:56:05ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2022-11-011111205810.3390/land11112058The Rehabilitation of the Historic Barzan Traditional Market and Its Impact on Cultural Tourism in Hail CityEmad Noaime0Mohammed Mashary Alnaim1Mohammed Abdulfattah Bay2Ghazy Abdullah Albaqawy3Mohamed Hssan Hassan Abdelhafez4Khaled Elkhayat5Department of Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Hail, Hail 2240, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Hail, Hail 2240, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Heritage Resources Management & Tour Guidance, College of Tourism & Archaeology, King Saud University, Riyadh 12372, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Hail, Hail 2240, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Hail, Hail 2240, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Hail, Hail 2240, Saudi ArabiaHail is regarded as one of the richest cities in Saudi Arabia in terms of heritage sites. The city center, where the Barzan marketplace is located, is regarded as critical to the city’s cultural tourism. The purpose of this study is to understand the traditional Barzan market rehabilitation project within the city center and its role in preserving Hail’s urban identity. According to the study, the rehabilitation of the city center presents an opportunity for urban development to boost tourism and connect various historic landmarks in a variety of ways, including the development of pedestrian routes. The study also presents and discusses several complexities and challenges that must be considered when implementing such an urban development. A multi-approach methodology is employed to investigate several urban factors and involved actors, including a social online survey and semi-structured interviews, as well as empirical data to support the study objectives. The study’s findings indicate that there is an issue with the urban solution implemented in the Barzan market on multiple levels, the most important of which is the ‘miso’ level of the city center, where several potential landmarks are neglected and isolated from the Barzan marketplace. A solution is proposed to create multiple urban spaces that can be used by the Hail community as a whole, not just those involved in the market. This would necessitate a different approach to space design, as well as changes in how the Barzan market is managed and maintained.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/11/2058cultural tourismcity centerurbanismheritageBarzanSaudi Arabia |
| spellingShingle | Emad Noaime Mohammed Mashary Alnaim Mohammed Abdulfattah Bay Ghazy Abdullah Albaqawy Mohamed Hssan Hassan Abdelhafez Khaled Elkhayat The Rehabilitation of the Historic Barzan Traditional Market and Its Impact on Cultural Tourism in Hail City Land cultural tourism city center urbanism heritage Barzan Saudi Arabia |
| title | The Rehabilitation of the Historic Barzan Traditional Market and Its Impact on Cultural Tourism in Hail City |
| title_full | The Rehabilitation of the Historic Barzan Traditional Market and Its Impact on Cultural Tourism in Hail City |
| title_fullStr | The Rehabilitation of the Historic Barzan Traditional Market and Its Impact on Cultural Tourism in Hail City |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Rehabilitation of the Historic Barzan Traditional Market and Its Impact on Cultural Tourism in Hail City |
| title_short | The Rehabilitation of the Historic Barzan Traditional Market and Its Impact on Cultural Tourism in Hail City |
| title_sort | rehabilitation of the historic barzan traditional market and its impact on cultural tourism in hail city |
| topic | cultural tourism city center urbanism heritage Barzan Saudi Arabia |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/11/2058 |
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