Assessment and assessment of tourism sustainability in the villages of tourism destination from the viewpoint of local managers. Case study: Ardebil district

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Mostafa  Taleshi ¹ (Associate Professor, Depa. of Geography and Rural Planning, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran)
Kuomars  Khodapanah ² (Assistant Professor, Dep. of Geography and Rural Planning, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2018-06-28 Accepted : 2019-01-04 Published : 2020-03-20

Keywords: Sustainable Development, Rural tourism, Sustainability Assessment, Ardabil Area,

Abstract :

Rural tourism, through its links with environmental and natural attractions and local communities, has significant implications for its positive and negative dimensions in human and natural environments. Therefore, in order to overcome the instabilities, principles and requirements of sustainable development approach should be applied in policies and executive programs in order to ensure the development of tourism in rural areas, especially the tourist destination villages.The purpose of this study was to measure the sustainability level of tourism development in the villages of tourism destination in Ardebil. For this purpose, using descriptive-analytical method, using the literature of the research, the operations of the concepts and variables in the questions have been addressed and its validity has been determined by the elite survey method It has been evaluated and its reliability has been calculated by 80% Corvenbach Alpha. Then, to assess sustainable tourism development, a network process technique has been used. The statistical population of the study is 11 villages of tourism destination in Ardebil. The results show that tourism development in the studied villages is in the middle level of sustainability. Among the dimensions studied, the economic dimension of tourism has been more stable than dimensions Environmental, social and infrastructure. There is a significant difference between studied villages in terms of sustainability of tourism development and Aladizge village has the highest stability rating and Sarabeh village with the lowest sustainability score.

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