Analyzing the Role of Tourism in Rural Space Livability (A Comparative Study in Peri-Urban Settlements of Birjand)

Subject Areas : Rural and nomadic studies

Mohammad Hajipour ^{1 *} , Fatemeh Khosravi ² , Mahmood Falsoleyman ³

1 - Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
2 - M. A. Student, Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
3 - Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

Received: 2023-09-16 Accepted : 2023-12-21 Published : 2025-04-04

Keywords: Sustainable Tourism, Livability, Sustainable Rural Development, Pirasher, Birjand,

Abstract :

Rural settlements have long been confronted with structural challenges and functional issues. Presently, their "instability" has emerged as a major challenge for the space planning and management system. "Tourism development" is regarded as an indispensable strategy in many countries to promote sustainability and enhance livability in rural and peri-urban areas. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of tourism on the livability of tourist destination settlements in Pirasher Birjand and compare it with a number of control villages (non-tourism villages) with a comparative approach. This is a documentary and survey research with an applied nature and its method is a combination of descriptive and analytical methods. The tool for collecting information at the level of the studied settlements is a questionnaire, which has been used after checking and confirming its validity and reliability. The studied settlements include fourteen tourist destination villages in Pirasher Birjand and seven Shahid villages. The livability of touristic villages has been done with GTOPSIS method. According to the findings, the livability status of the tourist destination villages in Birjand Pirasher has a significant difference with the control villages, and the overall livability index was higher in the tourist destination villages. Also, there is a significant difference between the four dimensions of livability (social, environmental, physical and economic). In general, it can be concluded that tourism has a positive effect on livability in peri-urban areas, and this effect takes place directly through the mechanism of changes in the employment status and income of residents of peri-urban settlements. The impact of tourism on the livability of rural areas has "spatial and geographical nationality". Finally, diversification of business fields in rural areas, especially Pirasher, can play a key role in changing and improving the livability of settlements.

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