Sociological study of the attitudes of followers of monotheistic religions about sustainable tourism development in Isfahan

Subject Areas : Social Science Quarterly

Hamidreza Eshghipoor ¹ , ebrahim Fayaz ² , abdollah Bicharanlou ³

1 - Ph.D Student in Culture and Communication, Imam Reza International University
2 - Associate Professor of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Tehran University
3 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran

Received: 2018-05-07 Accepted : 2019-03-11 Published : 2019-05-22

Keywords: Tourism, Isfahan, Monotheistic religions, Sustainable Tourism Development,

Abstract :

Religions have always played a constructive role in the social life of the people and, accordingly, they can be considered as unimaginable in social phenomena. Therefore, this research has been conducted with the aim of studying the sociological study of the attitudes of followers of monotheistic religions about the sustainable development of Isfahan city by method of method. Initially, using the content-based and grounded methodology of content analysis and grounded theory of sustainable tourism development model based on the attitude of followers of monotheistic religions, then by studying a survey to validate the desired model by using structural equation modeling using the logarithmic method, the sample size was 951 In order to prevent possible errors and increase the precision of 960 statistical samples, they were surveyed. The results showed that there is a significant difference between "attitude of followers of monotheistic religions based on the teachings of holy books" and "their religion" on the development of sustainable tourism in Isfahan city. Overall, the results of regression analysis show that the most suitable model for predicting the development of sustainable tourism for the respondents of "the faithful to the four monotheistic religions" in Isfahan is the variables: ritual, belief, and consequence, the equation shows that 13.4 percent of the changes The dependent variable is explained by the above three variables (independent variables).