Analysis of Factors Affecting the Ecotourism Development

Subject Areas : Urban Design

Masoomeh Shemshad ¹ , Iraj Malek Mohammadi ²

1 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2012-07-02 Accepted : 2012-08-18 Published : 2012-10-01

Keywords: Natural Resources Cooperatives, ecotourism development, Cooperation, Golestan Province,

Abstract :

This research was carried out to investigate the role of natural resources cooperatives in ecotourismdevelopment. This was an analysis-descriptive study conducted through survey method. Statically population of study was123 members of the directors of these cooperatives. A structured questionnaire was designed and distributed among thecooperative directors. Census technique was applied in this study. The validity of the questionnaires was proved by panel ofcounselors and experts of pastures and forests organization. In order to measuring the reliability of the questionnaires, apilot test was carried out. Result of Alfa-Cronbakh 87% for ecotourism development was obtained. In order to dataanalyzing was used SPSSwin15 software. Results of stepwise regression test showed that organizing service providers andtraining local population in cooperatives have positive effects on ecotourism development. Totally those factors explained50% of effective factors on measure of ecotourism development variable by natural resources cooperatives.