abbasali sahlai zadeh
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The goal of this study is to survey factors affecting tourist's satisfaction. The study is carried out by the Survey Method; and the data are collected by questionnaires, from a sample of 250 foreign tourists of the Kish Island (lran).The study uses Meslow's Need Hierarchy Theory, Homans' Exchange Theory, ...
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The goal of this study is to survey factors affecting tourist's satisfaction. The study is carried out by the Survey Method; and the data are collected by questionnaires, from a sample of 250 foreign tourists of the Kish Island (lran).The study uses Meslow's Need Hierarchy Theory, Homans' Exchange Theory, and Morton's Instrument and Goal Theory, in order to explain the tourist's satisfaction. The results of this survey show that there are significant and positive relationships between demographic factors, economy, tourists' knowledge, and experiences, propaganda, Iran's political situation, tourism attractions, nationality, religion, and tourism satisfaction. The results of the multivariable analysis show that the variables of market attraction, tourists' rights. historical attractions, and age are factors that have the most effects. They are entered into a regression equation. They could explain more than half of the variations of the dependent variable. By considering this, it seems that the theoretical model of the study. which is derived from the mentioned theories, is a proper and efficient model to evaluate the tourists' satisfaction
ja'far ja'fari
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A review of the literature suggests that tourism has gone through four major transformational phases, with the fifth one in its making. Representing a platform of action and thinking, each phase depicts an era of shifting/maturing process in this field. The first platform took force and gained voice ...
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A review of the literature suggests that tourism has gone through four major transformational phases, with the fifth one in its making. Representing a platform of action and thinking, each phase depicts an era of shifting/maturing process in this field. The first platform took force and gained voice after World War II, when many countries in Europe and elsewhere (re)discovered tourism and used it toward economic (re) construction. As several new nations gained their independence in the 60s, they too quickly subscribed to it as a tool to improve their poor economies. Favorable perceptions about and on behalf of tourism-whether coming from the developed/developing countries or signaled by such institutions as the World Bank-supported and even advocated tourism as an important tool for economic development. Because of this tendency. this early phase may be characterized as the Advocacy Platform for tourism. Then the Cautionary Platform of the 70s. voiced by those challenging the advocacy position. argued that tourism cannot or does not necessarily lead to the economic prosperities and benefits expected of it. Citing both facts and conjectures. it was further argued that this industry could even lead to many economic disbenefits and sociocultural costs. In general. the second platform opposed tourism and its development. In its mildest form. it cautioned countries and destinations that it comes with many unwanted consequences. After the arguments of the two advocacy and cautionary platforms were heard - including crossfiring between them - a conciliatory position emerged in the 80s. The Adaptancy Platform believed that the time had come to benefit from these insights by adapting tourism in order to minimize its costs and maximize its benefits. During this decade, various "appropriate" forms of tourism development were introduced and advanced. including nature tourism, rural tourism. agritourism, small- scale tourism, ecotourism, culture tourism. and many more. The three advocacy. cautionary. and adaptancy stands led to the formation of the Knowledge- based Platform. Populated mosrl. bv researchers/academicians. this scientification process and voice iook shape and gained strength in the 90s. Some of the important academic advances and recognitions in tourism emerged during this decade. lending more strength and legitimacy to it as a field of research and scholarship. Granted these are four generalized snapshots of tourism's recent past (Jafari 2002). then what may be the fifth phase? The new decade (actually the beginning of a new century) is only a few years old. Still. several colleagues familiar with my work have asked if I have already detected a pattern of development I thinking that might characterize the 00s. and what I might be naming its platform.
ABDOLHAMID HAJIPOUR SHUSHTARI
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) promotes a wide range of activities to preserve and develop both traditional and contemporary crafts. This includes a ten - year plan of action for the development of crafts in the world ( 1990 - 2000), the annual UNESCO crafts ...
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) promotes a wide range of activities to preserve and develop both traditional and contemporary crafts. This includes a ten - year plan of action for the development of crafts in the world ( 1990 - 2000), the annual UNESCO crafts prize to recognize the creative talents of craft producers, as well as programmes to identify and bestow on the world's most outstanding artisans the title of": Human Living Treasure." On the other hand, creativity is the humankinds most widely and evenly distributed resources. All people seek outlets for self - expression and have the capacity to create objects to uplift the spirit and enhance peoples lives.
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All WTO-member countries recognize that their continued success in tourism will depend on how well their present and future workforces are prepared to respond to various needs of this multifaceted industry. Countries which depend on its economic earnings understand the centrality of human resources development ...
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All WTO-member countries recognize that their continued success in tourism will depend on how well their present and future workforces are prepared to respond to various needs of this multifaceted industry. Countries which depend on its economic earnings understand the centrality of human resources development (HRD) in tourism operation and management, knowing too well that popularity and continued sustainable growth of their destinations is directly related to the quality of their tourism workforce. And this fact is internalized and acted upon as they begin to compete for their share in this very competitive global industry. Efforts in tourism education and training are being assumed by at least three main stakeholders: government agencies, private and public universities, and industry sectors. They use a combination of HRD models in order to effectively respond to the destination management needs in their respective countries.
mehran maghsoodi; somaye emadodin
Volume 2, Issue 6 , December 2004, , Pages 95-108
zohreh fani; ali mohammad nejhad
Volume 4, Issue 11.12 , May 2006, , Pages 101-122
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The purpose of this study is examining the role of urban management in recogruzmg tourism potential, planning and exploitation of attractions. 011P<::tinnPr, were selected amonz tourists for understanding of the and recreational activities in Chabahar and Shiraz. We used the total monthly precipitation ...
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The purpose of this study is examining the role of urban management in recogruzmg tourism potential, planning and exploitation of attractions. 011P<::tinnPr, were selected amonz tourists for understanding of the and recreational activities in Chabahar and Shiraz. We used the total monthly precipitation and average temperature, sunshine hours , wind speed, relative humidity, minimum relative humidity and maximum temperature data of Chabahar and Shiraz stations monthly and in a forty- year time span. Mieczkowski tourism climate index was used for this research. The results of this paper showed that climatic conditions of Chabahar in cold seasons of the year (i.e. Autumn and winter) are suitable for tourism activities but during the warm seasons of the year (i.e.spring and summer) face limitations. According to tourism climate index, January and February are the best time of the year for tourism activities in Chabahar. The best seasons for tourism in Shiraz are spring and Autumn and April, May and October has ideal condition for tourism.
Nahid Amrollahi Biuki; Azam Nazari Dehaghi
Volume 10, Issue 31 , September 2015, , Pages 103-131
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The main purpose of this study is to investigate and explain the effects that Isfahandomestic tourists’ image would have on tourism development of the city. The studypopulation is a group of tourists who have experience of travelling to Isfahan. As thepopulation of the study is unlimited, the sample ...
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The main purpose of this study is to investigate and explain the effects that Isfahandomestic tourists’ image would have on tourism development of the city. The studypopulation is a group of tourists who have experience of travelling to Isfahan. As thepopulation of the study is unlimited, the sample size has been determined based onthe method of Cochran's sample size determination, and a sample of 384(convenient) was selected. In order to collect data, a questionnaire was appliedusing Likert scale (five choices). For the validity, formal questionnaire was used andreliability was calculated for each variable by calculating Cronbach's alphacoefficients.Structural Equation Modeling was applied for collected data analysis andconceptual model evaluation. Then, Model fitting and required analysis were doneby using AMOS software. Finally, designed theoretical pattern were fitted bymodifying conceptual model. Therefore, it can be stated that individualcharacteristics have positive and significant effects on tourists’ behavior, tourismachievements and tourism development, due to tourist’s image
Ali Ahmadi; Behnam Qelichkhani
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Based on Statistics of concerned organizations, most of the travels are ground trips,specially by private cars. Existence of natural facilities and Infrastructures is considered as the most important base of tourist paths. In this research, first, by evaluating available infrastructures, and presenting ...
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Based on Statistics of concerned organizations, most of the travels are ground trips,specially by private cars. Existence of natural facilities and Infrastructures is considered as the most important base of tourist paths. In this research, first, by evaluating available infrastructures, and presenting new suggestive points, and also, with introducing levels of camping, factors which underlie creation and development of a welfare service center were taken into consideration. Finally, levels of camping were preceded and introduced through the AHP method. Referring to the literature, 3 levels of camping were introduced. Then, drawings and tables were presented based on effective factors due to significant priority which shows location of these 3 levels of camping on the principle path of Golestan province. Although an article cannot address all of available issues completely, due to necessity and complexity of the topic, but this research has gained an appropriate answer through the optimum way. Finally, all of available and proposed camping points have been prioritized in a table, and consequently, the results led to open up new horizons in the field of tourism services development and promotion.
Vajihe ghorbannia; Mir mehrdad mirsanjari; Homan Liaghati; mohsen armin
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In this research, at first, map of ecotourism indicators including WDI, EAI, ERI, IFI and EDI was developed in Dena County. Then, potential areas of ecotourism development using the linear weighted average method and calculating the relative weight of the indicators through the hierarchical analysis ...
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In this research, at first, map of ecotourism indicators including WDI, EAI, ERI, IFI and EDI was developed in Dena County. Then, potential areas of ecotourism development using the linear weighted average method and calculating the relative weight of the indicators through the hierarchical analysis process and adopting various decision-making strategies and applying ordered weights are identified and prioritized. The difference in the area allocated to various classes of ecotourism reflects the role of different decision-making strategies in determining the capability and assigning different degrees of suitability to a region for the development of ecotourism.One can define an infinite range of possible solutions that, in terms of riskiness, at the end of it, is the Boolean OR , and at the other end it is the Boolean logic of AND which all criteria must be met for the suitability of an area for ecotourism.
Soheil Nejat
Volume 10, Issue 32 , March 2016, , Pages 111-129
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This study examines the impact of the brand salience on brand loyalty through the mediator variables, perceived quality, brand image, perceived value, and satisfaction. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive based on method. The population in this study are tourists who have arrived ...
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This study examines the impact of the brand salience on brand loyalty through the mediator variables, perceived quality, brand image, perceived value, and satisfaction. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive based on method. The population in this study are tourists who have arrived in the city of Babolsar in the summer of 2015. According to the sampling formula for unlimited population, a sample of 384 was obtained. A questionnaire was used to collect data in this study. Data was analyzed through SPSS and Smart PLS2 software. The results showed that brand salience has a positive and significant effect on perceived quality, brand image (characteristics of people and the physical environment), and destination brand loyalty. Also, the results showed that the perceived quality has a positive and significant effect on brand image (characteristics of people and the physical environment). But perceived value and satisfaction have no significant impact on brand loyalty. Perceived value has a positive and significant effect on satisfaction. Finally, satisfaction and physical environment have positive and meaningful effects on brand loyalty, but perceived value and people characteristics have no significant impact on brand loyalty.
seyed kamal sadeghi; khalil jahangiri
Volume 7, Issue 18 , August 2012, , Pages 111-133
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Sarein is one the touristic cities of Ardabil province, known for its hot springs and hydrotherapy spots. In light of this, investigating the tourists’ views and demands for this place can be useful in predicting needs, removing scarcities and developing tourism industry in this city. Taking advantage ...
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Sarein is one the touristic cities of Ardabil province, known for its hot springs and hydrotherapy spots. In light of this, investigating the tourists’ views and demands for this place can be useful in predicting needs, removing scarcities and developing tourism industry in this city. Taking advantage of the two-stage Heckman approach, this study estimates the tourists’ WTP for visiting Jamish Goli, Sabalan and Besh Bajilar – three of Sarein hot springs. Also it deals with assessing the causes of tourists’ visits to Sarein, and the state of the city’s amenities in the tourists’ eyes. Requested data sets were obtained through the questionnaires and interviews of 646 individuals who visited the mentioned hot springs. Results revealed that the mean WTP for each visit to Jamish Goli, Sabalan and Besh Bajilar equals
Seyedeh Zeinab Ebrahimzadeh Ganji; Meisam Shirkhodaie; Abolhasan Hosseini
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Trust is the beginning point of any relationship and a key element in trade. The relationship between buyer and seller in an online trade is not apart from this .Trusting plays an important role in attracting tourists to Iran through E-tourism. It can be used as an appropriate strategy ...
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Trust is the beginning point of any relationship and a key element in trade. The relationship between buyer and seller in an online trade is not apart from this .Trusting plays an important role in attracting tourists to Iran through E-tourism. It can be used as an appropriate strategy to create competitive advantages. Therefore, the purpose of present study is to investigate the factors affecting E- trust in tourism sector. The research is descriptive and correlational. The population of this study were the users which at least once have used online tourism services and the sample size was 388 .A questionnaire was applied in order to collect the data. In addition, SPSS 16 and Amos18 were used to analyze the research data. The result showed that user characteristics and website characteristics have a positive impact on electronic trust. Thus, by identifying these factors, suggestions can be provided to increase users’ trust toward travel agencies.
Zeinab Tolabi; Simin Nasrolahi Vosta Nasrolahi Vosta
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Researchers believe that information resources have a significant influence on tourism destination image. Accordingly, this research attempts to investigate the influence of information resources on destination image and as a result, travel intention. Data was collected through a questionnaire and was ...
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Researchers believe that information resources have a significant influence on tourism destination image. Accordingly, this research attempts to investigate the influence of information resources on destination image and as a result, travel intention. Data was collected through a questionnaire and was analyzed by structural equation modeling using SPSS 22 and AMOS 18. The statistical population includes all the internal tourists who visited Khorramabad Province during the period of research. A sample of 221 tourists was selected by convenience sampling approach. Reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's Alpha. According to structural analysis, it is determined that information resources of tourists have a significant influence on their cognitive-emotional image. Further, the cognitive image was effective on emotional image. In addition, cognitive-emotional image has significant influence on overall image. Finally, overall image had significant effect on travel intention of tourists.
Ebrahim Moghimi; Mehran Maghsoudi; Mojtaba Yamani; Yaser Hassanzadeh
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Tourism is one of the best parts of economic positioning that can generate economic growth and develop social one in the destination. In the present research, estuaries in the eastern part of Hormuz Strait were evaluated from the perspective of tourism development. First, the location of estuaries was ...
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Tourism is one of the best parts of economic positioning that can generate economic growth and develop social one in the destination. In the present research, estuaries in the eastern part of Hormuz Strait were evaluated from the perspective of tourism development. First, the location of estuaries was identified by fieldwork and NDVI and NDWI remote sensing techniques. using two methods, Kubalíková and Brilha, evaluating tourism development potential in estuaries was carried out. In the Brilha method, The results showed that Azini estuary with 870 points from total points of values has the first rank. Tiyab site with 840, kolahi with 665, Louran with 660, and Kargan with 560 points were in the next ranks. Also, the results of the Kubalíková method showed that Azini estuary with 12 points was in the highest rank, and Tiyab with 11.5, kolahi with 8/75, Louran with 25/8, and Kargan with 5/25 points were in the next ranks.
Majid Goodarzi; Mohammad Ali Firoozi; Saeed Maleki; Karimeh Kaab Omeyr
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The present study is an applied-theoretical and methodological-descriptive-analytic one. The results showed that based on Pearson's analysis; there is a significant and direct significant relationship between the independent variables of the research and the dependent variable. The results of Friedman ...
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The present study is an applied-theoretical and methodological-descriptive-analytic one. The results showed that based on Pearson's analysis; there is a significant and direct significant relationship between the independent variables of the research and the dependent variable. The results of Friedman test indicate that the variable of weak tendency and low participation of private sector for investment with average rating of 55.4 has the highest score and the planning and management variable with average rating of 18.3 has the lowest rating. The results of the pls structural equation model are positive with respect to the share index and the redundancy index and a value of 0.01, 36.0 25.0 which is presented as the mean, moderate and low values for god, and obtain a value of 0.50 for the appropriate model gof. Confirms and indicates the impact of independent variables on the dependent variable of research.
mohammad hoseyn imani khoshkhou; hamid ayoubi yazdi
Volume 5, Issue 13 , November 2010, , Pages 113-138
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Tourism destination brand equity is defined as the brand assets (or liabilities) linked to a destination`s name and symbol that add to (or subtract from) the services and experiences provided. Each year, the brand equities of different international brands are measured by reputable international institutions. ...
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Tourism destination brand equity is defined as the brand assets (or liabilities) linked to a destination`s name and symbol that add to (or subtract from) the services and experiences provided. Each year, the brand equities of different international brands are measured by reputable international institutions. In many cases, the equity value is higher than physical assets and this indicates the importance of the brand issue. Thus recognizing the critical factors that affect brand equity is essential. Due to the cultural and social differences and characteristics of Iran’ tourism destinations, this study, through Konecnik (2007) framework, was conducted to detect the factors that domestic tourists recognize as influencing the brand equity of Yazd. The study population consists of potential tourists which have been available in the entrances of Tehran in the period 15 April to 15 May 2010. For analysis of the data the confirmatory factor analysis was used. This research aims to identify the critical factors which tourists think can affect the brand equity and investigates the importance of each factor in their perspectives. The results of the this study imply that in addition to the brand image, which has been more than 30 years the most important factor for the destination brand evaluation, there are other aspects such as brand loyalty, perceived quality, and brand awareness of tourism destinations, that can directly impact on brand equity of Yazd tourism destination. Among those attributes, brand loyalty has the strongest direct effect on the brand equity, while awareness has the least effect
Seyed Sadegh Hosseini
Volume 9, Issue 28 , March 2015, , Pages 115-144
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Considering the importance and role of tour guides in providing domestic and international tourists with tourism services and with regard to scant attention given to tour guide training in Iran, this study investigates the current status of tour guide training in Iran. The main objective of this study ...
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Considering the importance and role of tour guides in providing domestic and international tourists with tourism services and with regard to scant attention given to tour guide training in Iran, this study investigates the current status of tour guide training in Iran. The main objective of this study is to recognize and determine the present condition of tour guide training and to present how to maximize the efficiency of training programs in Iran. This investigation was a descriptive study and was conducted by taking insights from tourism experts and professors as well as trained guides. In this cross- sectional study, a questionnaire with 34 questions was designed and sent to 120 qualified experts, referred to above. The related data was gathered and analyzed by descriptive statistical methods and K2 test .The conclusion that can be reached is that, the quality of education, technological devices, facilities, physical resources, and large-scale tourism management and policy making are all about average. Therefore, a revision of educational materials and an increase in facilities in educational centers seem inevitable. As it is clear from the findings, the quality of tour guide training in Iran, with regard to educational programs and technological devices used, and facilities and physical resources employed, is around average. To get at a favorable level, therefore, it is necessary to make appropriate large-scale plans in universities to increase the number of educational centers and enhance the quality of tour guide education in the country’s tourist attracting provinces.
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The purpose of this paper is to test the structural relationship of perceived value and tourist satisfaction with environmentally responsible behavior through the mediating role of tourist activity involvement in Alandan Lake located at Chahardangeh rural district in Sari, Iran.Regarding the goal, the ...
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The purpose of this paper is to test the structural relationship of perceived value and tourist satisfaction with environmentally responsible behavior through the mediating role of tourist activity involvement in Alandan Lake located at Chahardangeh rural district in Sari, Iran.Regarding the goal, the current research is practical, and regarding the method of data collection, it is considered descriptive - correlation. The statistical population for the study consists of tourists who visited Alandan Lake. Participants were 200 Alandan tourists (113 male and 87 female) selected using convenience sampling method. All of the participants completed scales of perceived value, tourist satisfaction, environmentally responsible behavior and tourist activity involvement. Data were analyzed by the path analysis using LISREL software.The results showed that perceived value had a structural effect on environmentally responsible behavior. Perceived value by mediating tourist activity involvement had an indirect effect on environmentally responsible behavior. Moreover, tourist satisfaction had a direct effect on environmentally responsible behavior and also tourist satisfaction by mediating tourist activity involvement had an indirect effect on environmentally responsible behavior.Perceived value and tourist satisfaction can directly and by mediating tourist activity involvement influence environmentally responsible behavior.
Seyyed Mohammad Mirtaghian Rudsari; Firoozeh Farokhian; Maryam Naghavi
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The reaction of the community towards tourists is based on their perception of costs/profits of tourism. COVID-19's outbreaks led many host to believe that costs they receive from having tourists around, outweigh the benefits and this perception in turn, negatively influenced their reaction towards tourists. ...
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The reaction of the community towards tourists is based on their perception of costs/profits of tourism. COVID-19's outbreaks led many host to believe that costs they receive from having tourists around, outweigh the benefits and this perception in turn, negatively influenced their reaction towards tourists. The perception of cost, by the community members, in a chain sequence, leads to the perception of threat, the formation of a negative attitude and, ultimately, the occurrence of negative behavior. In line with this trend, the purpose of this study is to investigate the attitude and the reaction of community towards tourists during the outbreak of Covid-19 in Ramsar destination. Integrated threat theory was used to shape the theoretical framework. The research method was qualitative. The statistical population was the citizens of Ramsar. The sampling method was judgmental and the sample size was considered to be 21 people based on achieving theoretical saturation. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and were analyzed based on content analysis and open and axial coding. the research findings presented new dimensions of host-tourist interaction in the Corona period based on the combination of theories of social exchange and integrated threat. According to the findings while general perception towards tourists was negative, some locals with emphasizing the dependency of local livelihoods on tourism, believed under certain conditions, tourists should be welcomed back to the city. In both cases, health and safety of locals should come first.
mehran maghsudi
Volume 1, Issue 2 , December 2003, , Pages 117-131
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Coastal regions of Iran spread in vast areas in north and south of country. Assessment of these areas in human and physical specifications point of view can help us for developing of tourism industry in these areas. One of the major specifications that we must have more attention to it, arc coastal landforms ...
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Coastal regions of Iran spread in vast areas in north and south of country. Assessment of these areas in human and physical specifications point of view can help us for developing of tourism industry in these areas. One of the major specifications that we must have more attention to it, arc coastal landforms . Therefore, assessment of distribution and evolution of them is very important. In fact, there are many landforms in coastal areas that reorganization of them and its effective on the development of tourism industry is very important , potentials and limitations by these landforms in relation to select of tourism site and development of settlements must be considered by government and tourism company. There are many landforms in coastal area of south and north of Iran. These areas attract many tourist and we ought to have attention to these landforms seriously. in fact if we will have thought to sustainable tourism industry in Iran, we must assessed of coastal area in geomorphology point of view and distribution and evolution of landforms and its effective in tourism industry. data on GDP by industry and national income and product account data used to update this table. The model is both theoretical and applied and is based on very simple and general assumptions about the interactions between the three main components of the system: the tourists, the environment , and the Capital. These assumptions are encapsulated in a so- called panet discussion model, used to predict the economic and environmental impact of any given policy. This paper is of value for three reasons. First , it introduces the approach of forecasting models in the context of tourism, which has traditionally been dominated by the use of economertic models Second , the specific results are quite interesting . In fact, tourism sustainabillity can be achieved, provided agents are prudent about reinvesting their profits and compatible behavior to an unprofitable or incompatible one. Third , although not directly related to the problem of tourism but rather to the general topic of sustainability, this is one of the first times that the notion of sustainability, which is more and more pervasive in the field of resource management, is interpreted strictly in terms of the structural properties of the attractors of a dynamic system. This creates an important and promising bridge between sustainability and bifurcation theory, one of the most important areas of systems analysis.
kamal omidvar
Volume 3, Issue 9 , August 2005, , Pages 117-140
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Tourism and ecotourism are important in the growth of cultures and recognition of nations. Its development will contribute to a country's progress and economic and social transformation and job creation. Tourism and ecotourism attractions are the most important bases in planning. This research attempts ...
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Tourism and ecotourism are important in the growth of cultures and recognition of nations. Its development will contribute to a country's progress and economic and social transformation and job creation. Tourism and ecotourism attractions are the most important bases in planning. This research attempts to consider ecotourism attractions in Yazd province and to introduce available potentials in this field. Therefore, location and relocation of a museum within a city or a region and its interaction and relationship with urban applicabilities m the region and country are of utmost importance. This paper is a systematic and comprehensive study at the level of region, and then, the city chosen. The study is based on urbanization panning and principles on one hand and museum requirements on the other hand. The final aim is to locate an appropriate place for constructing the regional museum.
rahim heydari; ali akbar taghi pour; majid feshari
Volume 7, Issue 19 , November 2012, , Pages 117-137
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The significance of tourism’s economic impact in developing countries is to such an extent that De Kadt dubbed it their “passport to development”. Hence, factors influencing the demand for this industry have been always the center of attention of researchers and planners. In this vein, ...
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The significance of tourism’s economic impact in developing countries is to such an extent that De Kadt dubbed it their “passport to development”. Hence, factors influencing the demand for this industry have been always the center of attention of researchers and planners. In this vein, foreign trade is known to have a significant impact on tourism demand, and the New Trade Theories (NTT) accentuate the role it plays in tourism development. In this study, India, Pakistan and Turkey are selected as Iran’s main foreign trade partners and as origins for traveling to Iran. The model is estimated by GMM approach in the Gravity model framework. Empirical results of the paper indicate that international trade has a positive and significant effect on tourism demand in the destination country. Moreover the geographical distance and price ratio variables are proved to have negative and significant impacts on Iran’s foreign tourism demand over the study period
Ali Asghar Firuzjaeyan; Fatemeh Gholamrezazadeh
Volume 10, Issue 29 , April 2016, , Pages 123-144
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Ganjali khan caravansary is the most invaluable structure in Safavid era.This complex can be considered as an art museum of Safavid era in Kerman. Façade of Ganjali khan caravansary shines as a pearl in this invaluablecomplex because of the tiling applied in the façade, including different decorations ...
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Ganjali khan caravansary is the most invaluable structure in Safavid era.This complex can be considered as an art museum of Safavid era in Kerman. Façade of Ganjali khan caravansary shines as a pearl in this invaluablecomplex because of the tiling applied in the façade, including different decorations such as geometric, vegetative, human and symbolic motifs which has brought about a beautiful coordination visually and semantically. Due to analytic-descriptive results obtained from this study, it is followed that artists of façade structure could create a new and attractive composition by putting together different beautiful pictorial shapes and inscriptions all of which suggests a certain meaning. In addition to aesthetics, they attract souland thought of the spectator and they lead spectator’s mind beyond apparentmeaning. This meaning shows movement i.e. moving from material world toeternal one. The present article has been adjusted analytically anddescriptively with focus on field studies and it has done inferentially.
Mohammad Kazem Molazemolhosseini; Morteza Rojuee; Mohsen Moradi
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The increasing expansion and development of commercial, residential and recreational spaces changed the face of Mashhad as the second largest metropolis in Iran over the past decade. The main objective of this study is to investigate the effects of the development of tourist sites on the satisfaction ...
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The increasing expansion and development of commercial, residential and recreational spaces changed the face of Mashhad as the second largest metropolis in Iran over the past decade. The main objective of this study is to investigate the effects of the development of tourist sites on the satisfaction of religious tourists. The research population is religious tourists who have traveled to Mashhad in Nowruz 1395(from Sunday, March 20, 2016 to Friday, April 1, 2016 is considered as Iranian new year holiday). The results of multivariate regression analysis showed that there is a significant positive relationship between the development of tourist sites and religious tourist’s satisfaction. Among the independent and effective variables in the model, the variable of development of recreation centers has the most effect on the satisfaction of religious tourists as a dependent variable and subsequently, the variables of the development of residential centers and the development of shopping centers are effective on the satisfaction of religious tourists. Meanwhile, the results of Pearson correlation test showed that there is no relation between travel motivation and demographic characteristics of tourists with the satisfaction of religious tourists.
Erfan Moradi; Alireaza Elahi; Marjan Saffari
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Events are the attraction of destinations and one of the most important key marketing propositions in promoting places to attract an increasing number of tourists. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the causal relations motivations and satisfaction of Sports Event Tourists with mediating ...
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Events are the attraction of destinations and one of the most important key marketing propositions in promoting places to attract an increasing number of tourists. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the causal relations motivations and satisfaction of Sports Event Tourists with mediating role of Involvement. The present study method was descriptive - survey. The statistical population was included non-Tehranian tourists present in the return derby between Esteghlal and Persepolis. The sampling method was selected based on PASS software (382) using stratified random sampling, and they were also analyzed using Smart PLS 3 software. According to the findings of the research based on the direct, indirect, and significant effects of research variables, it is suggested to the sports event organizers that special attention should be paid to the psychological aspects of tourists in order to maintain and attract event tourists because their satisfaction depends to a great extent on these factors
