The Role of Tourism on the Quality of Life of Rural Families Living in Religious Tourism Destinations (Case Study: Mashhad County)

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GHASEMI MARYAM

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Journal: Journal of Geography and Regional Development Year:2019 | Volume:17 | Issue:1 (32) Page(s): 53-89

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The Role of Tourism on the Quality of Life of Rural Families Living in Religious Tourism Destinations (Case Study: Mashhad County)

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ImamzadehQ1

MashhadQ2

Religious TourismQ2

Quality of LifeQ1

Tourism DestinationsQ1

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Introduction: A common pattern of rural tourism is Religious Tourism; it is one of the oldest and most thriving types of tourism both in the past and present all over the world. Given all the components and various types of this tourism, it has been placed at the core of world tourism due to its particular structural and functional features, occupying 26% of the whole global tourism flow. Currently, there exist 5800 registered tombs attributed to Imamzadehs (descendants of Imams). In this regard, there are 22 monuments located in 14 rural settlements surrounding Mashhad. Mashhad as the center of pilgrimage of Iran attracts millions of tourists every year (almost 28 million people in 2016, for instance). Since the goal of 84% of tourists in Mashhad is pilgrimage, the spreading of these tourists across the city would enforce the tourism structures at the region. Studies show that rural regions with religious tourist attractions have somewhat been placed at the Religious Tourism flow of Mashhad in the recent decade. In 2016, nearly 14. 5% of tourists in Mashhad also traveled to religious rural tourist destinations of Mashhad. Experts in the field of tourism believe that the profit generated from the tourism industry in rural regions is not exclusively limited to economic benefits which can be assessed from different angles such as improved quality of rural residents’ lives. Studies show that the growth of tourism in rural areas leads to a number of social, economic, and environmental changes and reforms within the host society...

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GHASEMI, MARYAM. (2019). The Role of Tourism on the Quality of Life of Rural Families Living in Religious Tourism Destinations (Case Study: Mashhad County). JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 17(1 (32) ), 53-89. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/358475/en

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GHASEMI MARYAM. The Role of Tourism on the Quality of Life of Rural Families Living in Religious Tourism Destinations (Case Study: Mashhad County). JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT[Internet]. 2019;17(1 (32) ):53-89. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/358475/en

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MARYAM GHASEMI, “The Role of Tourism on the Quality of Life of Rural Families Living in Religious Tourism Destinations (Case Study: Mashhad County),” JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, vol. 17, no. 1 (32) , pp. 53–89, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/358475/en

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