Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Abbas Nazari ¹
• Mehdi Karoubi ²
• Esmaeil Ghaderi ¹

¹ Allameh Tabatabai University

² Allameh Tabataba'i University

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of proposing a model for designing war tourism accommodation centers with an emphasis on the values of the Sacred Defense. This research is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative with an exploratory approach. Data were collected and analyzed using thematic analysis. The participant group included experts and experienced individuals in the field of war tourism, relevant managers, university professors active in this area, war-tour guides, and narrators of war memorial sites. A total of 18 participants were selected through purposeful sampling, and interviews continued until theoretical saturation was reached. T The findings identified five main categories influencing the development of war tourism accommodation centers based on the values of the Sacred Defense: infrastructural factors, managerial factors, value-based factors, education and awareness-raising, and environmental factors.

Keywords

• Sacred Defense values
• tourism infrastructure
• war tourism
• tourism management

Main Subjects

• Sustainable development of tourism