Assessment the Development of Sustainable Tourism in Rural Tourism Target (Case Study: Darsajin and Golabar Villages in the Zanjan Province)
Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning StudiesAhmad Roumiani 1 , Khadijah Abbas Rashid 2 , Fereydoun Khadem 3
1 - Ph.D. Candidate of Geography, Young Researchers and Elite Club, Khoramabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khoramabad, Iran
2 - M.A in Economic Management, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Dep. of Economics, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran
Keywords: target villages, Sustainable Tourism Development, economic and social development, Darsajin and Golabar villages,
Abstract :
One of the undeniable economic and social facts in human societies is tourism. It is an activity that is accomplished as a response to human being’s inner needs to have relaxation, know various cultures and enjoy natural mint attractions. Rural tourism is one of its subdivisions that can play an important role on rehabilitating villages, reinforcing employment and the residents’ income, protecting natural, historical and cultural heritage and finally causing a sustainable and uniform rural development based on the cultural and natural capacities of the rural districts. Along this, the present research aimed to study the effect of the residents’ support of developing sustainable tourism in Darsajin and Golabar rural districts, located in Abhar and Ijrod counties, respectively. The present research is of an applied type in which descriptive analytical approach is implemented. To gather the required data, Desk work (library) and field work research methods (questionnaire –observation) were used. Statistical population of the present study is composed of residents of the two target rural districts ( Darsajin and Golabar) that was estimated 2825 people based on the census done in 2011.Having applied Cochran formula, 290 questionnaires were distributed randomly among the people who were living in the rural districts. In order to analyze the data (one-sample t-test, multivariate regression, correlation tests) and Lisrel model were utilized. Findings indicated that there is significant relationship between social dependency indices, costs received, social participation, benefits received and the residents’ support of developing tourism industry. Moreover, it was represented that supporting the sustainable tourism in the sample districts by residents had positive and direct effects on tourism growth and improved the quality of the residents’ life.
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_||_Afarinsh, B. (2010). The attitude and the attitude of rural residents towards tourism development case study: the city of Abhar Soltanieh rural areas. Master’s thesis (Department of Geography and Rural Planning).(In Persian)
Aligholizadi Firouzjai N., & Ghanbarzadeh, A. (2015). the evaluation of rural residents support the development of rural tourism Mnaq forest and its determinants, Tourism Planning and Development Magazine, 14 (15), 118-170.(In Persian)
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Butler Richard Hall, C. M., & Jenkins, J. (1998). Tourism and recreation in rural areas.
Byrd, E., Bosley, H., & Dronberger, M. (2009). Comparisons of stakeholder perceptions of tourism impacts in rural eastern North Carolina. Tourism Management, 30 (1), 693-703.
Choi, H. C., & Murray, I. (2010). Resident attitudes toward sustainable community tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 18(4), 575-594
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Gursoy, D., & Kendall, K.W. (2006). Hosting mega events e modeling locals’ support. Annals of Tourism Research, 33(3), 603-623.
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Gursoy, D., Jurowski, C., & Uysal, M. (2002). Resident attitudes e a structural modeling approach. Annals of Tourism Research, 29(1), 79-105.
Latifi, S., Nari M, Karim Zlykhayy Mobile, L. (2012). Obstacles affecting the development of tourism activities in the rural areas of the province, with an emphasis on tourism villages. Journal of Regional Planning, 3 (2), 77-87. (In Persian)
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Rezvani, M. (2008). The development of rural tourism. Tehran: Tehran University Press.
Robin Nunkoo-University of Waterloo, Canada-Dogan Gursoy-Washington State University, USA (doi:10.1016/j.annals.2011.05.006) RESIDENTS’ SUPPORT FOR TOURISM An Identity Perspective
Roumiani, A. (2013). Evaluation of the role of capital flows in developing urban-rural Paydargrdshgry Case Study: Rural fence Age, the city of Bouin Zahra. Geography and Rural Planning Master's thesis, University of Zanjan.(In Persian)
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Sebele, L. S. (2010). Community-based tourism ventures, benefits and challenges: Khama Rhino Sanctuary Trust, Central District, Botswana. Tourism Management, 31, 136-146.
Taylor, G. (1995). The community approach: does it really work? Tourism Management, 16 (7), 487-489.
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Wager, J. (1995). Developing a strategy for the Angkor world heritage site. Tourism Management, 16 (7), 515-523.
Williams, J. M., Muldoon, J., & Lawrence, A. (2010). Children and their pets: exploring the relationships between pet ownership, pet attitudes, attachment to pets and empathy. Education and Health, 28 (1), 12-15.
