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Abstract
”Third sector organizations” is a term used to describe the range of organizations that are neither
public sector nor private sector. The role of TSOs and the extent they should be involved in
their community development are becoming debatable issues (Hassan & Forhad, 2013). Their
roles, importance, intervention level and even their activities differ from one country to another
mainly based on their laws, legislations and the level of development in the country, whether
they are developing or developed countries. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the role
of TSOs in sustainable tourism development generally and in Egypt, then exploring if there are
any problems or difficulties face them and prevent them from achieving their role. In this
research, a qualitative approach is adopted, using semi-structured interviews with managers of
Egyptian tourism third sector organizations (ETTSOs). The results shows that the role of these
organizations is very limited, although they are trying very hard to have a great positive effect
on the community, that’s due to a lot of difficulties limiting them from being a strong actor in
the Egyptian society.