Vida Aliyari; Maryam Sharifzadeh; Mostafa Ahmadvand
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This survey research was conducted with the aim of evaluating the effects of tourism development on rural tourism destination areas. The statistical population was composed of 437 households resided in central District of Firoozabad county from which, 155 households were selected by using Bartlett Table ...
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This survey research was conducted with the aim of evaluating the effects of tourism development on rural tourism destination areas. The statistical population was composed of 437 households resided in central District of Firoozabad county from which, 155 households were selected by using Bartlett Table and simple random sampling method. The research instrument was a custom-made questionnaire. Factor analysis findings showed that in terms of the economic effects of the combination of 21 variables, four factors (economic opportunities, living expenses, employment and economic gap) explained 63.30 % of variances. In the field of social effects, factor loadings of the 33 items were produced seven factors (community consolidation, social harm and promotion of culture, cultural exchanges, acculturation, assimilation and changing lifestyle) and overall accounted for 65.646 % of variances. A combination of 27 physical- environmental items yielded four factors, health and sanitation problems, infrastructural effects, landscape degradation and natural environment change.
behrouz mohammadi Yeganeh; Mohsen Ahadnejad Reveshti; Mania Ebrahimzadeh; Mahdi Cheraghi
Volume 8, Issue 23 , November 2013, , Pages 51-69
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Alamvachini ceremony is one of the ancient ritual and local ceremonies in Shaheshahidan village in Guilan province. Despite the reception given for this ceremony from people, infrastructure and facilities are not enough for tourists who visit this event. The purpose of this study is to identify ...
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Alamvachini ceremony is one of the ancient ritual and local ceremonies in Shaheshahidan village in Guilan province. Despite the reception given for this ceremony from people, infrastructure and facilities are not enough for tourists who visit this event. The purpose of this study is to identify the effective factors on attracting tourists to Shaheshahidan village and take part in Alamvachini ceremony. This is an applied research and the method is descriptive – analytic. The study population includes all participants in the event and the sample size is calculated 322 participants using Cochran’s formula. The information has gathered usig library studies, field observation and distribution of questionnaires. For data analysis, method of factor analysis have been used. The results show that economic factors are the most important factors for the development of tourism in Shaheshahidan village. It is proposed that government and private institutes proceed to invest and cooperate to create jobs and increase tourism income that ensure the survival of the event as a cultural heritage of the province.
Zohreh Fanni; Mojtaba Barghamadi; Majid Eskandarpour; Mansour Soleimani
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Climatic and geographical features of Gorgan (e.g. lying in thevicinity of North - and Razavi-khorasan, Semnan, Tehran, andMazandaran provinces) on the one hand and its cultural and historicalattractions (e.g. Existence of Turkman people and their handicrafts) onthe other, have rendered this city into ...
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Climatic and geographical features of Gorgan (e.g. lying in thevicinity of North - and Razavi-khorasan, Semnan, Tehran, andMazandaran provinces) on the one hand and its cultural and historicalattractions (e.g. Existence of Turkman people and their handicrafts) onthe other, have rendered this city into a prominent tourist spot. Thisresearch, aims to evaluate the Gorgan - tourists’ satisfaction level andthe principal factors affecting it. After distribution of 250questionnaires, data were analyzed through descriptive and analyticalstatistics methods. Results indicate that four factors including servicequality, environmental quality, host behavior quality, and servicescost, can explain more than %54 of the variance of the variables. Also,a significant correlation is observed between the mentioned factorsand the tourists’ satisfaction level. At the end, some suggestions areproposed for improving tourists’ satisfaction and tourism developmentin Gorgan.
