Geographical Journal of Tourism Space: 1 (22)

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1 - Determining the Ecotourism Approaches and Policies for Developing Rural Areas

Tourism industry is one of the new economic, social, and ecological opportunities which are growing due to the world increasing needs. Iran because of having various potentials has been considered as one of the canons of tourism. Therefore, its natural attractions, outs More

Tourism industry is one of the new economic, social, and ecological opportunities which are growing due to the world increasing needs. Iran because of having various potentials has been considered as one of the canons of tourism. Therefore, its natural attractions, outstanding sights, and fantastic weather conditions have all made it possible for developing ecotourism in this country. Thus planning using a new cooperative approach can be applied to make use of the ecotourism potentials. Qarib Mahalle district, due to its geographical strategic state possesses a lot of potentials to be an ecotourism center. The goal of the present study was to analyze the existing ecotourism opportunities in Qarib Mahalleh district. The SWOT model and a mixed design of the study were used to investigate the use of ecotourism in the area. 122 expert persons helped the researchers to do so. The obtained results showed that the conservative strategies in the matrix of quantitative strategic planning and also developing the agricultural tourism to make better use of sights and gardens for earning are the best strategies. Manuscript profile

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2 - Sustainable Tourism Development Strategies in Rural Settlements (A Case of Vanaie Village in Borujerd)

Tourism in the context of spatial planning projects, whether the projects are national, regional or local, is one of the most effective components of development and deprivation. It is also one of the most important factors of regional development. Tourism is a balancin More

Tourism in the context of spatial planning projects, whether the projects are national, regional or local, is one of the most effective components of development and deprivation. It is also one of the most important factors of regional development. Tourism is a balancing activity which causes economic and social development at the regional level as well as the equal distribution patterns of income and employment. Therefore, rural tourism is also a part of tourism industry which is considered to be the proper planning and delineating its advantages and limitations which in its own turn has an effective role in local and national development and diversification of the national economy. Thus, the questions of the present study were that what the potential and limitations of sustainable tourism development in the village of Vanai were; what strategies for sustainable tourism development would contribute to rural, regional and national development.The researchers of the present study used a field study to determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats  as a SWOT  model for strategic planning and combined it with AHP to prioritize the strategies for sustainable tourism development in Vanai village. Experimental analysis in the area under study showed that due to the extreme vulnerability of the village, effective strategies are needed to eliminate the existing restrictions and thus to make use of its relative advantages. Manuscript profile

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3 - An Evaluation of the Development of Tourism Based on Life Cycle of the Destination (A Case Study of Boyer Ahmad)

The concept of life cycle has been regarded by scientific society as a scientific discussion for planning, managing tourism productions and destinations, analyzing and specifying mobility mechanism of tourism development, reflecting internal forces and external paramete More

The concept of life cycle has been regarded by scientific society as a scientific discussion for planning, managing tourism productions and destinations, analyzing and specifying mobility mechanism of tourism development, reflecting internal forces and external parameters of development, and behavioral pattern of tourism development system. Considering behavioral pattern of tourists in tourism destinations and level of destination attractiveness, one can analyze the chronological changes through the model. The aim of the present study was to evaluate stages of tourism development in Boyer-Ahmad according to Butler life cycle model. Accordingly, evaluation of stages of tourism development in the region was performed using a descriptive-analytical method and experts and people survey. The sample size was 195 people which was estimated by the PASS software at the certainty level of 99%. The instruments of the study included a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 37 items the reliability of which was confirmed 0.93 by Cronbach’s alpha test. The obtained results demonstrated that Boyer-Ahmad is in tourism development based on Butler model and from the viewpoints of experts and inhabitants of Boyer-Ahmad; the development is a newly starting one. Manuscript profile

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4 - The Role of Systemic Approach in Developing Tourism, with an Emphasis on Rural Areas Tourism Destination: Kurdistan Province

In dominant or systematic approach to tourism management, tourism has been formed from two main aspects, namely supply and demand, Their optimum performance under the impact of the external environment (economic, social, etc.) will affect tourism system .It must be reco More

In dominant or systematic approach to tourism management, tourism has been formed from two main aspects, namely supply and demand, Their optimum performance under the impact of the external environment (economic, social, etc.) will affect tourism system .It must be recognized that the promotion of tourism as an activity with extensive stages and various actors, needs to be coordinated and arranged functionally regarding all of its aspects and elements. Whereas, in villages under study, just as general conditions of all rural areas, the dominance of partial views of tourism management system causes the unsatisfactory performance of the core elements of tourism system. As a result, it leads to failure to achieve a positive outcome of the development of tourism industry. In this regard, it is necessary to first to analyze the vulnerability of the area using a comprehensive view and based on a systematic approach to overcome the existing unsuitable conditions. To achieve these goals, a study was performed. Theoretically, data collection was done by means of documentary resources and practically, the questionnaires were distributed among 100 experts and tourism professionals in Kurdistan province. For data analysis, descriptive statistics (mean and mode) and One Sample T test as well as Friedman and SWAT techniques in the SPSS software were run. The analyses showed that the indicators of external environment and post-demand were satisfying while the state of the post-supply of regional tourism was unfavorable. Also, the results of Swat planning techniques indicated that the area under the study was in adversity as far as the market was concerned. Among the strategies of this position, using the favorable position along with the country's major commercial tourism, Bane - Marivan was proved to have the most important executive strategy and priority. Manuscript profile

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5 - Determination and Prioritization of Religious Tourism Strategies in Qom Province

The main objective of this study was to develop and prioritize strategies of religious tourism in Qom province. Through the strategic techniques, the researchers identified both the effective internal and external factors using a matrix of strengths, weaknesses, opportu More

The main objective of this study was to develop and prioritize strategies of religious tourism in Qom province. Through the strategic techniques, the researchers identified both the effective internal and external factors using a matrix of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to develop the religious tourism strategies in Qom. The SWOT and ANP analyses were used by the researchers to identify any possible relationship between the factors used in the study and those extraneous factors which had possibly affected alternative strategic priorities. The techniques for developing effective internal and external strategic factors were identified. Using a matrix of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, religious tourism strategies were developed. Also the SWOT analysis and the ANP method were used and the possible dependency among the factors was considered... The results of this study showed that the priorities in religious tourism strategies using SWOT and ANP were based on a combination of techniques. Based on the obtained results, the group who had received the strategies had the highest weight. Manuscript profile

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6 - Identifying and Prioriting of the Problems of Polotourism in Iran
Kiyumars Moladoost Sahar Samani Ghotbabadi Alireza Zakerian

The purpose of the present study was recognition and prioritization of existing problems in Polotourism in Iran. Polotourism has a special place and importance in the world and those countries that have the technical knowledge of this sport or have programs and several More

The purpose of the present study was recognition and prioritization of existing problems in Polotourism in Iran. Polotourism has a special place and importance in the world and those countries that have the technical knowledge of this sport or have programs and several exciting ceremonies and provide tourist packages for fans of this sport have had successful efforts in this field.The method used in this research was a correlation survey in which a researcher made questionnare was used. The statistical society for this study included the experts of three domains; Polo sport, physical education and sport, tourism and cultural heritage. Because there was not any sufficient knowledge in the statistical society about this filed, the purposive sampling method was used. There were 195 people as statistical samples in this study. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used for the stability of the questionnaire, total measure for all questions is 0.91 and for managerial, cultural and infrastructural factors accordingly were 0.86, 0.89, and 0.81 respectively.The results showed that with average of 2.08, cultural factor was the first significant problem of Polotourism. After that infrastructural factor with average of 2.06 and managerial factor with average of 1.86 were in the second and third importance rank. It can be concluded that for developing Polotourism in Iran, development in the cultural affairs should be devoted closer attention, and programing and exact managing that are the base and foundation of each system, should be under consideration too. Finally, through developing the infrastructural factors, we can also expand Polotourism. Manuscript profile

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7 - Effective Factors in Tourists’ Attendance at Sport Events Using the TOPSIS Method

Nowadays, tourist’s presence in sport events guarantees the survival and maintenance of sport event’s organizers. Understanding the effective factors of tourist’s attendance at sport events can help us organize their presence. Therefore the aim of the More

Nowadays, tourist’s presence in sport events guarantees the survival and maintenance of sport event’s organizers. Understanding the effective factors of tourist’s attendance at sport events can help us organize their presence. Therefore the aim of the present study was to identify and prioritize the effective factors of tourists’ attendance in sport events. The research method was a descriptive and survey one. The sample of the study included 319 tourists from national team participating in the national football teams. The data was collected using Wimbledon questionnaire the validity of which had been approved by 10 professors of Gilan University and 10 experts in tourism industry. The research data were analyzed using Shannon entropy methods and TOPSIS with the Excel software. The findings of this study indicated that from the tourists’ views, socialization, entertainment and relaxation (push factors), destination, and fan’s motives (pull factors) were the most effective factors on tourist’s attendance in sport events. Also personal and financial problems, risks (deterrent factors) were the most effective factors on tourist’s absence in sport events. It was concluded that push factors (socialization, relaxation and entertainment) in comparison with pull factors (destination and fan’s motives) are more important for tourists to attend sport events; it means that they are more attracted to sport events through keeping out of current space (factors which are related to source) rather than by event attractiveness and destination attractiveness (factors which are related to destination). Moreover, it should be noted that despite the various financial and personal problems (deterrent factors), tourists prefer to participate in events. Also it should be mentioned that a single motivation is rarely known as a unique reason for traveling; however, a number of motivation factors may be at work for travelling.  But some motivations are more specific to sport such as competition, enjoyment, or a special interest. Manuscript profile

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8 - Determining the Monthly Climatic Comfort Level in Chabahar Free Zone

According the close relationship between climate and tourism, tourism organizations should consider the bioclimatic potential of areas in future planning and designs. In this study, to recognize the potential of of tourism climate in Chabahar Free Zone, bioclimatic indi More

According the close relationship between climate and tourism, tourism organizations should consider the bioclimatic potential of areas in future planning and designs. In this study, to recognize the potential of of tourism climate in Chabahar Free Zone, bioclimatic indices such as Terjung, Heat Index, humidex, stress, effective temperature and Baker were used.In this regard, meteorological data of Chabahar station that is located in the free zone, for the period 1981 to 2010 were used.The results showed that in the area, the months of January, February and December have the most climatic comfort for tourism and all models confirm the  desirability of these months. According to most of the models, in this station the months of May, June and July have an unfavorable comfort conditions for tourists and travelling is not recommended during these months. Manuscript profile

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