Explaining the Role of Tourism in Rural Areas Entrepreneurship (Case Study: The Villages of Amlash and Rudsar)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Hassan Habibi Kaveshkouhi ¹ , Rahmattollah Monshizadeh ² , Mohammad Taghi Razavian ³

1 - Ph.D. Candidate in Geography & Rural Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Faculaty of Earth Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Professor of Faculaty of Earth Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2018-07-26 Accepted : 2019-03-12 Published : 2019-08-23

Keywords: Economic Development, Rural Areas, Rural tourism, rural entrepreneurship,

Abstract :

Recognizing successful economic systems in the world and going toward the economic advancement is of great significance to many countries. Using local economic patterns is one of the processes that many governments adopt to utilize available facilities so as to move towards their economic development goals. Creating an efficient environment in accordance with economic development can be highly effective in political interest for many governments of many countries. The area for economic activities encompasses both aspects residents’ lives including urban spaces and rural ones. As a matter of fact both aspects of life can be considered as golden opportunities to increase economic ability. So far, numerous scholars have conducted diverse studies, concerning various types of economic opportunities. In the last decade of twentieth century, tourism experienced drastic changes. The current research is of a descriptive-analytical and Data collection method is by completing the questionnaire in the format of the Likert specturm and research questions through the software SPSS and Excel, Maps are provided using the ARC GIS software. The results of the research show that there is a direct relationship between tourism and rural entrepreneurship development. Indeed, rural development has increased the opportunities for entrepreneurship and employment growth in rural areas. Based on the results of this research and other mentioned studies can be concluded that rural tourism plays a significant role in rural entrepreneurship, and many developing countries focus their planning towards the development of rural tourism and their competitive ability in tourism market. The incline in tourism capability causes noticeable prosperity, a sharp increase in entrepreneurship opportunities and a drastic rise in employment in rural regions.

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