JOURNAL OF TOURISM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Year:2018 | Volume:7 | Issue:25|Papers Count:7

Introduction Development of tourism and its positive effects on economic growth, employment and poverty alleviation at national and regional levels, has always been highlighted by economic planners. Due to its cultural and religious attractions the city of Qom is considered as one of the most important pillars of tourism in Iran. The study of socio-economic development of Qom province shows that the main development axis of the province is pilgrimage and tourism. The tourism industry can play a significant role in the socio-economic and even political life of the city of Qom because of the lack of water, the weakness of natural resources and limitations of agricultural and industrial sectors. According to the 2015 report by Statistical Center of Iran (SCI 2015), with more than 3-million trips, Qom province ranked second of domestic tourists’ arrival among the twenty most important cities in the spring and summer of 2011. This paper measures the impact of domestic tourism expenditures on both output and employment in Qom province and the rest of the economy (the national economy excluding Qom province), using two-regional input-output approach...

Today, tourism is closely linked to the security issue. Security: It means freeing from any threat-an invasion of the legitimate and legitimate rights and freedoms of citizens and consists of two layers that are: personal and social security. The sense of security in tourists has important personal and social functions that, in the event of disruption of these functions, feel insecurity in the walkways. In urban areas, walkways have a special position, so that the higher the quality and quantity of these socio-cultural spaces, the citizens will have more opportunities to spend their leisure and recreation. The main goal of the walkways is to provide citizens with a peaceful and enjoyable holiday with pleasure and relaxation. The existence of security in the public parks and parks of the city, such as parks, has various personal and social functions...

The goal of present study is to investigate the causal relationship between social capital and sustainable development of tourism. To achieve the goal of this research, survey method was used in this study. The study population consisted of citizens in Sari. The sample size software was used to determine pass through a sample size of 640 people is estimated. In this study, a multi-stage stratified cluster sampling was used, and questionnaire was used for data collection. Research findings have shown that variable social trust and network variables, respectively, the highest (0/383) and lowest (0/156) the effect on the dependent variable (sustainable development of tourism). The results also show the positive effects of social capital (networks of relationships, social participation, social trust) on the sustainable development of tourism, which means that the increase of social capital, the average increase sustainable tourism development...

Introduction Ecotourism is the most sustainable form of Natural resource-based tourism. That due to its innovative role in the sustainable development, it can be a perfect pattern for the entire tourism industry and for this reason should support policies and programs that are in the field of ecotourism. City of Ramsar in general and Rural Complex of Javaherdeh in particular, has a high power of ecotourism and encompasses all forms of it (KiaKojuri & Mirtaghian, 2013). It is true that ecotourism is the cause of destination sustainable development, but the paradox of ecotourism is rooted in that when it became more popular and more inclusive, its supply is also more difficult (Smit et al., 2010)...

Present study aimed to examine the influence of tourists’ personality traits on their information search behavior while purchasing an outbound package tour. The statistical population of the study were heads of household from Isfahan who had purchased an outbound package tour during last year. For the purposes of data gathering, John and Srivastava’ s (1999) questionnaire for personality traits and a researcher-made questionnaire for perceived values were used. Structural Equation Modeling based on Partial Least Squares method was applied to analyze the data. The findings of the study showed that conscientiousness and neuroticism have a significant effect on the extent of internal information search by perceived value for internal search. Indeed, the results showed that conscientiousness has influence on perceived value for familial search. On the other hand, openness to new experience has a significant influence on the extent of external information search through perceived value for external search. The study affirmed the influence of agreeableness on perceived values for familial sources of information. But, extraversion’ s had no significant effect on perceived value for familial and external information search...

Tourism is one of the fast-growing economic areas, with a significant amount of income, employment, and national production. Together with the advancement of various industries, information technology has been rapidly expanding in multiple parts of human life. Tourism is also influenced by the influence of information technology, and the subject of electronic tourism is the result of the combination of these two areas. Considering the existence of diverse tourist attractions in Yazd province and also the necessity to use the capacity of cyberspace, in this research, the factors influencing the development of electronic tourism and causal relations among them have been identified. The most critical infrastructural factors identified in this field are then determined, and then a conceptual model of relationships between these factors is developed. Then, using the structural equation modeling approach, the proposed model was tested. The results of the research show that the quality of software has the role of full mediation in the relationship between other structures with the development of electronic tourism. It can be said that success in this area depends on government support, the quality of information systems and infrastructure, but this effect is made possible by the features of the software programmed...

Tourism Impact Assessment is importance due to population growth and having high sensitivity of natural recreational resources. In this study, attempting to introducing process of Recreational Opportunity Spectrum in the field of visitor impacts management for developing tourism in possible level of carrying capacity. The study area is part of Golestan province (three Towns: Gorgan, Kordkuy and Aliabad). Structural equation modeling was used to obtain the relationships between factors. The research findings showed that the Recreational Opportunity Spectrum was not influenced by the Moderating of demographic characteristics. Therefore, 97% of the changes in the Recreational Opportunity Spectrum Latent variables are explained by access, onsite management, social interaction, acceptability of visitor impacts, acceptable regimentation, and non-recreational resource uses. The relation of Latent variables, with the exception of, non-recreational resource uses with Recreational Opportunity Spectrum, is positive and significant at 1% level. The regression equation obtained in this study can be used in tourist planning by Managers of recreational area, especially in potential similar areas. It is expected that with the application of Structural Equation Models in the tourism sector, the negative effects of this activity on the nature will be minimized...