GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL OF TOURISM SPACE
Year:2015 | Volume:4 | Issue:14|Papers Count:8

Tourism is one of the greatest industries as well as a cornerstone of permanent development. This industry has various forms one of which is rural tourism. Rural tourism has caused economic, social, as well as environmental consistency in villages thereby attracting the contribution of local gatherings to the mentioned factors. Khorgam County which is located in Rudbar, Gilan province includes two large villages, 35 villages with inhabitants, and 8 villages without any inhabitants. There are 8336 people in its rural area altogether and the county is located in an urban area called Barresar. The present study was a descriptive one in which the present sources were surveyed and the obtained data were processed using appropriate statistical procedures. The results of the study showed that focusing on natural and rural tourism together can help develop the small economic zones; also it can revive the low-output places and turn them into large economic places and areas which can be sources for employment an economic activities. This rural tourism will activate employment as far as social activities are concerned. It stops migrations from villages to cities and get people accustomed to different rural customs and beliefs. Thus the rural inhabitants can safely revive their own natural tourism attraction and develop their villages to be centers for tourists of nature.88.2 percent of tourist attractions of Khorgam are in its villages. The study showed that investing in the rural areas with focusing on social, climatic, cultural, and topographic conditions, can cause economic development in the area. Therefore, in the present study while focusing on the mentioned conditions concentrated on rural tourism development in the area too. The results showed that tourism development in Khorgam causes economic development and causes increase in agriculture, industry, and public services.

Organizing tourists’ paths is important as far as the devoted capital and time to tourism are considered. One of the important cities regarding tourism in Iran is Mashad which is a religious city. The city is the second religious metropolitan city after Mecca in the world and the also the second metropolitan city in Iran after Tehran. Mashad attracts a lot of religious tourists because of its capabilities. This city has other attractions for tourists except Imam Reza shrine; attractions which are mostly historical, cultural, and natural some of which are located in the urban areas of the city while the others are located in the suburbs of Mashad. Thus the present study focusing on these determiners and their priorities recommends some factors for transportation prices, accommodation for the pilgrimants as well as other important factors. In this study the supply and demand characteristics of tourism in Mashad have been investigated on the basis of the data and questionnaires obtained from various organizations and departments. Using SWOT the obtained data were then sorted and at last three final ways have been presented.

If we have a clear definition of the tourism industry which is appropriate for the Islamic Republic of Iran while looking at this issue, it is definitely this one: tourism is a cultural practice which is rooted in curious human nature. In the evolution of planning strategies for tourism development, one which was more acceptable than others would focus on sustainable tourism and looked at tourism as a complement of people’s earning their lives in tourist centers. Today, green tourism or cultural or sustainable forms of tourism have evolved into an independent scientific discipline which is seen as a science from humanistic viewpoint. This type of tourism is more environment friendly and sustainable. The present study was a library one which aimed at analyzing the effect of green tourism on sustainable environment and development.

Nowadays if one wants to have access to a sustainable tourism, they must provide the necessary infrastructures and equipments. All the state and public organizations and even local gatherings and societies must somehow cooperate on this matter since sustainable tourism will be achieved much sooner under these conditions. In addition to the structures of an area, the infrastructures of the area form an inseparable part of tourism in that area and provide one of the most important factors for tourist attraction in that area. The purpose of the present study was to compare the macro provinces of the northern parts of Iran concerning structural as well as infrastructural characteristics in order to develop a sustainable pattern of tourism. This descriptive analysis study aimed at identifying three northern provinces (Gilan, Mazandaran, and Golestan) as the centers of tourism as well as their equipments to achieve the sustainable tourism pattern in this district. Various indicators have been used in the study to achieve the goals. The results of the study showed that the infrastructures of tourism in the mentioned district are not sufficient for the large number of tourists rushing into the provinces. It was concluded that the sustainable tourism development in these three provinces requires balancing the potentials of these areas and their infrastructure factors. There should be a basic management in the area so that the optimal development in tourism will be achieved. This achievement in its own turn requires coordination between the three provinces regarding tourism industry.

The main goal of rural development programs has been achieving a good model for the distribution of settlements, facilities and activities based on the capacities of the land. In recent years, the development of small towns through developing the countryside to the cities, has been considered as one of the main policies to improve the quality of life in rural areas in Iran. During the recent decades, many rural areas have been promoted to cities. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of residential complexes on rural development. A descriptive study was used where the researchers used questionnaires and had interviews with the residents. The population of residents of the residential complex Ali Akbar and the sample size was estimated to be a sample of 388 people. Data analysis was performed using SPSS SPSS20. The results show that improving services in the residential complex generally results in significantly improved quality of life and rural development.

The growing demand trend and attracting nature tourists to sensitive and fragile mountainous areas of Iran in recent years as well as the lack of comprehensive planning for tourism in these areas have intensified the need for special attention to the areas. In this article, besides the sustainable tourism approach in mountainous areas of Iran, the potential of nature tourism in the areas of Sib Chal, Khas Khani, and Aghuzi which are located in Deylaman in Gilan province have been studied at three levels of physical, real, and effective in TCC. Using the threshold model of tourism, the researchers concluded that the potentials of nature tourism for physical, real and effective ones were 40515, 24286, and 1215 daily respectively.

Tourism industry of the third millennium is known as the third highly clean tourism. The growth of the tourism industry depends on conditions in which tourism exists. The most important factors for tourism development are increasing the quality of services, and facilities for tourists. In order to attract tourists their satisfaction of the tourist centers must be achieved. For this reason the researchers chose Ghorveh due to its attractions for tourists. The research method was descriptive- analytical. There were 200 samples in the study Data were collected through library and field studies. After entering the obtained data in SPSS software T-test and Pearson correlation were run. The results indicated that the quality of tourism services and facilities was high in the middle. The entire t showed that the quality of services and facilities were not satisfactory, but too moderate. The average quality index of the host community was at most 4.24. The results of Pearson correlation test showed that the quality of services and facilities had positive relationship with the satisfaction of tourists. Also there was a positive relationship between tourist’s attraction and satisfaction the correlation of which was estimated 0.0753. The results showed that building suitable hotels and providing facilities for tourists can be a factor for their satisfaction and attracting them to visit Ghorveh.

Nowadays tourism, especially local tourism, has an important role in the economical conditions of countries and causes their economic and social development. Urban tourism is the most important type of tourism. In a lot of countries with successful tourism, the city is the basic element of tourism development. Cities are the places which attract tourists from all over the world. Tourism professional constitutes 11 percent of world GDP and provides more than 200 million jobs around the world, which includes 8% of total employment in the world. In the present descriptive and analytical research, the statistical population consisted of 383 families who were sampled from among people of Kermanshah and also from some authorities of Miras-e-Farhangi department, municipality, Maskan and Shahrsazi, hotels and restaurants and travel agencies, using Cochran formula for investigating the role of tourism in economic-social and physical development of Kermanshah. The instrument of data gathering was a questionnaire the results of which were analyzed using SPSS software and Spearman correlation coefficient. The results of questionnaires indicated that tourism influences the economic development of Kermanshah. The Location Quotient equation confirmed the impacts of tourism on the economy of the area. The result of the study was that tourism is an influential activity in urban development.