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This study tried to study the strategies for reaching a sustainable settlementsystem in the desert of Hasanabad in accordance with tourism potentials of thementioned region. The research is developmental-applied based of goal and it isdescriptive-nalytical based of method. The required data were collected ...
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This study tried to study the strategies for reaching a sustainable settlementsystem in the desert of Hasanabad in accordance with tourism potentials of thementioned region. The research is developmental-applied based of goal and it isdescriptive-nalytical based of method. The required data were collected bydocumentary, survey, Opinion Polling methods and questionnaire. 382 settlersand 341 tourists were selected as the sample of the society. To test thehypotheses, Chi Square, and Factor Analysis were used and the planning touristdevelopment was conducted using SWOT model. The results of this study showthat developing desert tourism and local participation strategy have the mostsignificant effects on attracting tourists. These have a significant role in thedevelopment of the area of the study.
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Information on characteristics and shopping behavior of tourists play critical role in marketing of tourist shopping destinations. This research aims to study the characteristics of Baneh tourists and its impact on their shopping behaviors. To this end, data was collected using questionnaires from 384 ...
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Information on characteristics and shopping behavior of tourists play critical role in marketing of tourist shopping destinations. This research aims to study the characteristics of Baneh tourists and its impact on their shopping behaviors. To this end, data was collected using questionnaires from 384 tourists during two high seasons of summer and Nowroz festival. The results show that, the marital status, and origin of the tourist had statistically significant influence on their shopping expenditure, shopping time and frequency of visit to Baneh. The education level of tourists had only significant relationship with methods of payment. Among the personal attributes, only the age had significant influence on several variables including shopping expenditure, Length of stay, accommodation type, method of payment and shopping duration. The shopping purpose had significant relationship with shopping behavior and shopping motivations and source of information had insignificant influence on it.
Mohammad Najjarzadeh
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Agritourism has become increasingly important in recent years and differentcountries have put a lot of efforts to promote it. Experts believe that agritourismcan play an important and constructive role in sustainable agricultural andrural development as a new strategy. Accordingly, the present study ...
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Agritourism has become increasingly important in recent years and differentcountries have put a lot of efforts to promote it. Experts believe that agritourismcan play an important and constructive role in sustainable agricultural andrural development as a new strategy. Accordingly, the present study analyzes thechallenges and issues facing agritourism development in the rural areas ofShahrud city using a qualitative research design and purposive sampling. Datawere collected via holding interviews and meetings with three groups ofstakeholders (farmers, tourists and managers) based on the modified NominalGroup Technique (NGT) in the summer of 2015. The central question raised atthe meeting was: What are the challenges and issues of agritourism developmentin the rural areas of Shahrud city? According to the results, the stakeholderscategorized the challenges and issues facing agritourism development inShahrud into six groups: distance from major population resources,comprehensive national and regional policies, awareness and training,marketing, customs, and laws
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The aim of current study is to make a comparative investigation of agilityvariables in manufacturing sector and hotel services sector and determines theweights of these variables in order to create the best distinction between the twosectors in terms of agility. Therefore, in this study the agility variables ...
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The aim of current study is to make a comparative investigation of agilityvariables in manufacturing sector and hotel services sector and determines theweights of these variables in order to create the best distinction between the twosectors in terms of agility. Therefore, in this study the agility variables ofmanufacturing firm were extracted from the literature and then was examined inagile hotels to be determined whether these variables in the agile hotels areconsidering as well as the agile manufacturing companies or not. The sampleincluded active manufacturing companies located in the Toos industrial estateand three, four and five-star hotels in Mashhad. For collecting data were usedthrough two questionnaire. Data were collected from Stratified samplingmethod. Also the questionnaires collected was analyzed with MANOVA,independent – samples t test and discriminant analysis. Finally, according to theresults of this study, it was found that there is a significant difference betweenthe averages vector of agility variables in two groups. The variables that werecausing these differences include continuing education, changing culture,cooperation, responsiveness, flexibility, speed and competency that theirsaverages in hotels were more than averages in manufacturing companies. Also,combining the continuous education variable of determination and flexibilityvariable with specific coefficient, create the highest distinction between thehotels and manufacturing firms in terms of agility.
sayed ehsan hoseinipor; hosein rezaie doolatabadi; ali kazemi
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travel intention is one of the variables that tourism marketing experts interest itto analyze consumer behavior in tourism. In this article, pull and push factorsthat affect travel intention of religious tourism were extracted with Delphimethod firstly and then the model that it was submitted base of ...
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travel intention is one of the variables that tourism marketing experts interest itto analyze consumer behavior in tourism. In this article, pull and push factorsthat affect travel intention of religious tourism were extracted with Delphimethod firstly and then the model that it was submitted base of experts attitudesand library studies was tested with smart PLS software. Base of expertsattitudes, the most important push factors are Age, tourist belief to requirementof destination Pilgrimage, Being religious, the impetus for faith increasing,Religious travel experience, the impetus for the forgiveness of sins. The mostimportant pull factors are existence of night life in destination, mentioningdestination name in the Quran and the Hadiths, development of destinationtransportation, the fame of destination, development of health services indestination. Base of results, some pull factors with some push factors, some pullfactors with attitude, attitude with desire and desire with travel intention ofreligious tourism have relationship.
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Along with the evolution of the relationship between tourism and economicgrowth, other aspects of economic welfare have been more attractive rather thaneconomic growth. In this study, we will test the causal relationship amongtourism, economic growth, poverty and inequality in Iran by adding tourism ...
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Along with the evolution of the relationship between tourism and economicgrowth, other aspects of economic welfare have been more attractive rather thaneconomic growth. In this study, we will test the causal relationship amongtourism, economic growth, poverty and inequality in Iran by adding tourism toTriangle of Poverty, Economic Growth and Inequality to answer this question:"Is tourism development as an important factor of mentioned triangle to achievea lower level of poverty?”.We test this relationship by applying the GeneralizedMethod of Moment techniques and by testing alternative existing theories in theperiod of 1350 until 1391. Our empirical findings show that tourism has apositive effect on Iran’s economic growth and also reduces inequality andpoverty in this country.
