A Meta Analysis of Rural Tourism Development Evaluation with an Emphasis on Strategic Factors (SWOT)

Subject Areas : environmental management

Mohammad Reza POURJAAFAR ¹ ( Associate Professor, Seville engineering Group, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Modarres University )
Hadi Mahmoodi Nezhad ² ( PhD. In Architecture, Tarbiat Modarres University )
Shaheen Aylka ³ ( Sama Technical and Professional Science Board, Varamin Islamic Azad University. )
Hamed Aghebat Bekheir ⁴ ( M.S. Architecture Science and Technology University )

Received: 2008-09-14 Accepted : 2008-12-07 Published : 2012-06-21

Keywords: : Rural tourism, strategically approach, reconstruction approach, evaluation and Meta&#x0D, &#x0D, Analysis,

Abstract :

Rural Tourism is considered as a process in rural development which is creating other activities  such  as  agricultural  that  can  increase  the  financial,  economical  and  environmental development, job creation and permanency that follows by life quality improvement, services and convenience in regional and local development framework. Here, the rural attractions and potentials can be resources and opportunities of this fact. Moreover the rural tourism development causes social, economical and environmental positive and negative effects while interfering in rural regions. In this method which uses a descriptive and Meta analysis, it is tried to choose the best way of interfering in rural regions studying and quality evaluating the rural tourism. This researchs findings show that a strategic way in strategic factors (SWOT) analysis process using a vast and flexible look through variables and facts in rural tourism can provide a maximum in planning, design and performance of rural tourism development which should be evaluated in Iran todays social, economical, environmental and political structure.