Mohammad Reza Rashidi; Hamid Zargham Broujeni; Mohammad Taghi Mirtorabi
Volume 9, Issue 27 , October 2014, , Pages 93-115
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AbstractThis study aims to find the Astro-Tourism potentials and to identify the strategies required for development of this kind of tourism in Iran. The research method which is used in this survey is different regarding different aims we are looking for. It is functional according to the purpose, field ...
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AbstractThis study aims to find the Astro-Tourism potentials and to identify the strategies required for development of this kind of tourism in Iran. The research method which is used in this survey is different regarding different aims we are looking for. It is functional according to the purpose, field study according to the control degree and measurement and descriptive according to the data collecting strategy. Therefore, the method is descriptive-analytic which the required data has been collected and analyzed by distributing the questionnaire and observation. Subsequently, inferential statistics including factor analysis has been used to achieve the aim of this research. The samples of this research were 206 persons were choices from amateurs, professionals and especially tourism experts in sky/star observation tours that were selected by Judgmental sampling. The data and methods of achieving descriptive and inferential statistics, including factor analysis using SPSS software were used. In this study, the questionnaire was composed of total of 35 variables. While considering these variables and ranking them, 7 factors identified by factor analysis. These factors involve 5/00 development infrastructure, 4/18 professional astronomy infrastructure, 3/88 ecological and geographical area/zone, 2/61 physical infrastructure of tourism, 2/43 safety and security, 2/00 preparing particular observing situation, 1/97 recreational tourism infrastructure
hamid zargham borujeni; masume towhid lu
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Mashhad stands out as one of the major pilgrimage destinations of Iran, for accommodating the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza, – the 8th Imam of Shiites – which attracts floods of pilgrims and religious tourists every year during the vacations (holidays and memorials). However, mismanagement of ...
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Mashhad stands out as one of the major pilgrimage destinations of Iran, for accommodating the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza, – the 8th Imam of Shiites – which attracts floods of pilgrims and religious tourists every year during the vacations (holidays and memorials). However, mismanagement of tourism facilities and services causes much damage to the industry of the city. As the proper management of tourism destinations and the organization of tourists’ affairs, are two of the most important challenges for governments, defining a suitable pattern for the effective management of this pilgrimage destination seems to be an unavoidable necessity. To achieve this objective, destination management process was studied initially in this research, success factors were identified, and finally the pattern for effective management of destinations was outlined. By comparing the current models of destination management, the Kerach & Richi’s (2003) was found the most suitable for this study. A questionnaire was developed to ask experts their views on the ideal and the current situations of the model’s factors in Mashhad. Obtained results demonstrated a gap between the ideal and the current situation in all the investigated parameters. At the end, based on the data analysis findings, some remedies for improvement of the current situation were offered.
