Macro planning Criteria of Rural Tourism Development Case study: khorasan Razavi Province
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Keywords: Delphi method, Khorasan Razavi Province, Rural Tourism Development, Planning Criteria,
Abstract :
In this study, the investigation of the macro planning of rural tourism in khorasan Razavi province, was done by selection criteria and their priority with Delphi method. After determining the priority and rating criteria, map-prone rural tourism planning at the provincial level According to the study, 8 group criteria including: tourism, environmental, cultural – social physically – infrastructural, architecture, economic, design and management were identified that separated to 24 main criteria and 89 sub criteria. In this case, the most of the sub criteria of cultural– social aspect with 19 criteria and the least of the sub criteria were in the management criteria. The results of Delphi for criteria showed that tourism, environmental, cultural–social physically– infrastructural, architecture, economic, design and management group criteria had 1 to 8 priorities respectively. According to the survey conducted for the sub level effectiveness is prone village of the selection process, 8.3% of the sub floor with enormous influence, 22.6 percent of the class of high – impact, moderate – impact, 35.7 percent and 33.4 percent are located in low – impact class. Also the result indicated that attractions and tourist destinations, demand and market tourism, land cover, climate, safety, environmental hazards, tourism roads criteria had the highest priority respectively.
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