Determination of Physical-Ecological Carrying Capacity of Coastal Tourism and its Effectiveness of Satisfaction of Tourists (Case Study: Bandar Gaz)

Subject Areas : Coastal Management

Keramatollah Ziari ¹ , Mohammad Reza Rezvani ² , sajad ferdowsi ³

1 - Professor, Department of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 - Ph.D., Candidate in Tourism, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran* (Corresponding Author)

Received: 2017-01-26 Accepted : 2017-05-23 Published : 2020-08-22

Keywords: Importance-Performance, Coastal tourism, Satisfaction, Physical-Ecological Carrying Capacity,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Carrying capacity is one of the issues which are considered the goals of sustainable tourism. Accordingly, present study was conducted to determine the physical-ecological carrying capacity of beach of Bandar Gaz and effectiveness of the tourists' satisfaction. Method: The method of data analysis in this research is descriptive and analytical. Data collected by the library and field observations and questionnaires. To determination of physical-ecological carrying capacity have been used from the instructions of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and also to understand the satisfaction level of tourists due to expectations from service performance to have been used from analysis Importance-Performance. Results: Based on the results, it is estimated to physical carrying capacity 7089 people, real carrying   capacity 3863 people and the effective carrying capacity 1880 people per day. The results of analysis Importance-Performance show that among 24 indicators studied, there are 8 indicators in the second quarter, 14 in the first quarter and 2 indicators in the third quarter. Conclusion: According to the analysis Importance-Performance indicators more than 50 percent in the first quarter, indicating that most indicators of the respondents' views are very important but the performance of destination management has been weak in this regard that whereby effective carrying capacity than real carrying capacity has fallen 48.66 percent.

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