Determination of social carrying capacity of coastal tourists(Case Study: Bandar Gaz)

Subject Areas : Coastal Management

Keramatollah Ziari ¹ , Mohammad Reza Rezvani ² , sajad ferdowsi ³

1 - Professor, Department of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 - Ph.D. Candidate in Tourism, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran. * (Corresponding Author)

Received: 2017-01-31 Accepted : 2017-05-22 Published : 2019-07-23

Keywords: Social carrying capacity, Coastal tourism, Image capture technology, Bandar Gaz,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Social carrying capacity of tourists refers to the degree of readiness admission congestion on their behalf and if the crowd is too much to bear it would degrade the quality of the experience. According to the present study has been conducted to determination of social carrying capacity of coastal of tourists. Method: The method of data analysis in this research is descriptive and analytical. Data collected by the library and field observations and questionnaires. To determination of Social carrying capacity of coastal tourists is used of image capture technology (ICT) and social norms curves and descriptive statistics. Findings: According to the results, social carrying capacity of coastal tourists in the study area is maximum of 2019 persons and at least 425 persons at a time. Also in the present situation at an average number of people on the beach are 1,246 persons. Discussion and Conclusion:With regard to the area of the study area, it was estimated that the maximum acceptable congestion in the study area is 2019 people; somehow that does not degrade the quality of the tourist experience. It also was to determine the minimum acceptable congestion 425 persons. In this regard, it was found that in the present circumstances there were 1,246 persons at a time in coastal areas, showing the number of tourists in beach of Bandar Gaz not more than the threshold of its social carrying capacity.

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