Heritage Industries in Souq El- Fustat between Reality and Target "Introduction to Sustainable Tourism Development."

The Problem of the study:
      The Study aims to identify the Reality of Souq El- Fustat and Heritage Industries and Handicrafts in it and their role in tourism and craft development from the stand point of the officials and artists who are in it, and try to Answer the main Question: to What extent the Strategic Objectives  of this Development Project were applyied , and What Challenges facing workers do and how they can address them, right down to the desired development goals? The current study was based on both the Human capital theory, and the Sustainable Development of Tourism. This study belongs to a pattern Descriptive Studies; and relied on official sources such as documents and records,  also field sourses  (Anthropological approach and its tools), as well as sociological reading to the content of  Electronic official page of Souq El- Fustat .
    Results:
1) Souq El- Fustat as a development project faces a big gap between the targeted and realistic; which back to the strategic objectives for these projects and those who made it contrast the one hand, the beneficiary of those projects and those on the other.
2) There are Deficiencies in the application of Sustainable Tourism Development standards is due to the following:(A) lack of thorough strategic planning for sustainable development programs.(B) the lack of coordination between different government agencies.(C) weak participation in development projects by the private sector institutions and private tourism companies, and NGOs.(D) the lack of cultural awareness among the general public of the importance of heritage products.