Tourism Management Studies

The Role of Rural Participation and Development in Rural Tourism and Sustainable Employment Development: Using the Rural Multifunctional Index

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

bahram imani 1
Javad madani 2

1 Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban and Rural Planning, University Of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University Of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/tms.2024.79212.2929
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Rural participation and development is one of the most important concepts that have been discussed and investigated since a long time ago. The development of sustainable employment is focused on economic growth and sustainable rural development, which in connection with rural tourism can be fruitful in the direction of sustainable rural development. The purpose of the current research is to investigate the role of participation and rural development in rural tourism and the development of sustainable employment with the application of the rural multifunctionality index, which examines the issue using a mixed method. Methodology: This research, in terms of purpose is applid, and the research method used in it is a mixed that in the first phase, using the qualitative method of the expert panel, the opinions and consensus of the experts were collected and analyzed in order to extract the .....

Keywords

Participation
Rural Tourism
Sustainable Employment
Rural Multifunctionality Index
Subjects
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Volume 19, Issue 67
Summer 2024
Pages 161-196

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