Socio- economic effects analysis of commercial tourism on the border towns of the Iran (Case study: Baneh and Sardasht Towns)
Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studiesali shamai 1 , Esmaeil Aliakbari 2 , Ali Movahed 3 , Ali Ahmadi 4
1 - Associate Professor, Dep. of Geography & Urban Planning, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Dep. of Geography & Urban Planning, Payam E Noor University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Dep. of Geography & urban planning, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
4 - PhD Candidate in Geography & Urban Planning, Payam E Noor University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Sardasht, Urban Tourism, Baneh, Commercial tourism, Economic reflection, Social-cultural reflection,
Abstract :
Baneh and Sardasht border towns which are located in two provinces of West Azerbaijan and Kurdistan, are dependent on the informal economy due to geographical and environmental characteristics and the backwardness of the formal economic parts. The purpose of present study was to examine the socio-cultural impact of tourism on the basis of experts' perceptions who were resident in the studied cities. This study was quantitative research and was carried out using a hierarchical analysis process. According to the results of distributed questionnaires and their analysis with AHP model, it was determined that in the economic dimension, tourism increased renting store and house price, and direct and indirect employment in relation to tourism. It also increased the population of the studied cities, reduced outbound immigration and increased immigration into the cities. Following these developments and the growth of tourism, the income of people was increased. As can be seen from the results of AHP analysis, growth of income among economic variables had the fourth rank, and weight of this variable was 0.098 and 0.102 in Sardasht and Baneh cities, respectively.
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Brown, G. (2002). Taking the pulse of Olympic sponsorship. Event Management, 7 (3),187-196.
Budeanu, A. ( 2005). Impacts and responsibilities for sustainable tourism: a tour operator's perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 13, 89-97
Crossley, J C., Jamieson, L. M., & Brayley ,R. E.(2012). Introduction to commercial recreation and Tourisman Entrepreneurial Approach. SAGMore publishing, Sixth edition
Dodds, R. E. (2001). Promoting urban green tourism: The development of the other map of Toronto. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 7 (3), 261-267.
Donald, E., H., & Shaun, M.( 2007) The World Bank’s Role in Tourism Development. Annals of Tourism Research, 34 (2), 348-363
Ebrahimnia Samatosh, S., Khaksari, A., Latifi, G., & Damadi, M. (2013). Evaluation of Urban Tourism Role in Environmental Development of Babolsar City. Economics and Urban Management, 5 (3), 17-31 (In Persian)
Eccles G, Costa J, 1996, Perspectives on tourism development, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 8( 7): 44-51
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Foster, D. (1997). Measuring Customer Satisfaction In The Tourism Industry. International& Sixth National Research Conference on Quality Management, The Centre for Management Quality Research at RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria Australia.
Gartner, W. C. (1996). Tourism Development, Principles, Processes & Policies. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Ghodami, M., & Aliqelizadeh Firouzjaei, N. (2012). Evaluation of the Development of Destination Tourism in the Framework of Sustainability. Geographical Quarterly Journal, 27 (1), 79 104. (In Persian)
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Khani, F., Ghasemi, A., & Khodadad Hosseini, H. (2009). The Impact of Ethnic Tourism Development on Socio-Cultural Issues of the Society (Case Study of Tourism Destinations in Kermanshah Province), Urban Management, 26, 163- 180. (In Persian)
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Mohammadpour, A. (2010). The Process and Consequences of Modernization, Changes and Social Developments in Kurdistan of Iran, A Case Study of Sardasht (1379-1373). Zaribar Quarterly, 58 & 59, 371-405. (In Persian)
Motie Langroudi, S. H., & Rezaieh Azadi, M. (2013). Evaluation of Tourism Effects from the Perspective of the Host Society in the Urmia Bazaar. The Economics of Spatial Planning and Rural Development, 2 (2), 75-91. (In Persian)
Nouri Kermani, A., Zoghi, A., Yari Hesar, A., & Alaee, M. (2009). Urban Tourism and Its Functional Transplantation with Ecotourism (Case Study: Kurdistan Province). Geographic Space Magazine, 2010, 9 (26). 137-156. (In Persian)
Nouri, H., & Khorasani, Z. (2012). An Analysis of the Economic, Social, and Environmental Impacts of Tourism Development in Sari City. Geography Planning, 4, 1- 18. (In Persian)
Roknadin Eftekhari, A.R., & Ghaderi, I. (2002) The role of rural tourism in rural development (review and analysis of theoretical frameworks). Journal of Modarres of Humanities, 6 (2), 23-40. (In Persian)
Statistics Center of Iran. (2011). Population and Housing Census. (In Persian)
Weaver, D.B. (1993). A model of urban tourism space in small Caribbean islands.Geographical Review, 83 (2), 134-140
WWW.UNWTO “Tourism Highlights 2018 Edition”
Yıldız, Selin, Akbulut, & olgaT, M. (2013). Current Trends indeveloping urban Tourism, International Journal of Architectural Research, 7 (2), 297-310.
