Role of New Information and Communication Technologies in Development of Religious Tourism (Case study: Tehran citizens)
Subject Areas : Geography and tourism planning, geography and urban planning, urban planning, architecture, geography and rural planning, political geographySeyed Ali Rahman Zadeh 1 , Esmaeil Kavousy 2 , Alireza Arab Niyasar 3
1 - Department of Social Science, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Business Management, Faculty of Management, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Social Science, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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The present research seeks to analyze the role of new information and communication technologies(ICT) in development of religious tourism of Iran. Different approaches and models have been raised and then the approaches given by them have been used in addition to study of views of Tehrani citizens . The research method applied in this research was applied in terms of objective and quantitative in terms of data type , descriptive and correlative in terms of data collection. The statistical population of the present research was Tehrani citizens and simple random sampling method was used. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire were measured and confirmed with the experts’ view and also Cronbach's alpha. In the next stage, based on the conceptual research model, research questions and hypotheses, the extracted items were tested in the research statistical sample with a researcher made questionnaire. In the descriptive statistics section, description of data was presented in two sections of demographic variables and main variables with indices of absolute frequency, relative frequency, mean, standard deviation, and variance in the table and in inferential statistics section, correlation tests and multivariate regression and path analysis test.
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