Analysis of Rural Tourism Development (RTD) in Iran

Subject Areas : Geography and tourism planning, geography and urban planning, urban planning, architecture, geography and rural planning, political geography

Reza Dinpanah ¹ ( Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran )
Navid Naeimian ² ( Department of Agriculture, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran )

Received: 2022-08-22 Accepted : 2022-08-22 Published : 2022-03-01

Keywords: Iran, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Rural tourism,

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