Study of Ecotourism Development Measuring in Natural Resources Cooperatives and Effective Factors on it in Golestan Province

Subject Areas : Water and Environment

masoomeh Shemshad ¹ , iraj Malekmohamadi ² , gholam hossein Hoseininia ³ , seyed mehdi Mirdamadi ⁴

1 - Ms Student of Extension And Education of Natural Resources in Azad University Sciences & Researches Branch
2 - Professor of Agriculture Extension and Education in Tehran University
3 - Member of scientific group of ministry of cooperation
4 - Assistant Professor of Agriculture Extension and Education in Azad University Sciences & Researches Branch of Tehran

Received: 2008-06-01 Accepted : 2009-02-17 Published : 2009-09-23

Keywords: Cooperation, Cooperative, Natural Resources, Ecotourism, development,

Abstract :

Tourism industry is one of the most importantindustry in the world. According to statistics ofworld Tourism Organization instead of entrance ofeach ecotourist, 1.5 job is created, and income ofcoming each ecotourist is equal with sailing 150oil barrels. So development of ecotourism is oneof the major factors of collation against, idleness.Evolution in transportation system, social tourism,developing in ecotourism need its mechanisms. Indeveloping countries creating new natural extensioncooperatives help these purposes. This study wascarried out in order to investigate about the role ofnatural resources extention cooperatives in ecotourismdevelopment. According to classification this study isapplicable research, and descriptive study. Stasticalpopulation of this study were selected from membersof managing committee of natural resources extentioncooperatives in Golestan Province. There are135 members of managing committee of naturalresources cooperatives in Golestan Province. Thequestionnaire were designed for this purpose anddistributed among them, according to take census.In order to measuring the validity of questionnaires,pilot test carried out. Results of alfa-cronbakhfor questionnaires were %86. Results show thatcelebrating of food festivals, traditional customes,good facility of transportation, having good serviceof higienes, having satellite informations system,preparing of food, learing some sports like athleticfishing, holding national conferencing on ecotourism,relationship between international financial societiesand developing agencico have the best effects.High income has the most important role indeveloping of ecotourism. Mean for basis ofdevelopment of ecotourism in cooperatives ( = 34/0)showes that basis of development of ecotourism inNatural Resources cooperatives is in very low level

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