EVALUATION OF THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ECOTOURISM INDUSTRY STRATEGIC FACTORS(CASE STUDY: PROTECTED AREA OF JAJROUD)

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MOHARRAM NEJAD NASSER; AGHAKHANI MAHSA

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Journal: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Year:2009 | Volume:11 | Issue:3 (42) Page(s): 237-248

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EVALUATION OF THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ECOTOURISM INDUSTRY STRATEGIC FACTORS(CASE STUDY: PROTECTED AREA OF JAJROUD)

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MOHARRAM NEJAD NASSER | AGHAKHANI MAHSA | Issue Writer Certificate

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SUSTAINABLE ECOTOURISMQ2

STRATEGIC FACTORSQ3

IFE MATRIXQ3

EFE MATRIXQ3

Abstract

Tourism Industry is nowadays known as an important sector in the global economy. Among different types of tourism, ecotourism is a suitable means of achieving sustainable tourism. The protected area of Jajroud has a high potential to attract ecotourists due to its natural views and high biodiversity.This research mainly aimed at investigating current conditions of ecotourism in the region and its management to indentify the related strong and weak points and to make necessary changes in its management process with a view to upgrading the condition of ecotourism in the region.The applied method in this research isinternal factor evaluation (IFE) and external factor evaluation(EFE) matrixes. All the threats, opportunities, strengths and weaknesses were identified after numerous field visits. In the next step and based on the experts' and visitors' viewpoints, a weight coefficient from zero (not important) to one (important) was allocated to each factor and then the weight grade was estimated by multiplying the grade of each row of factors by normalized weight.Finally, the total amount of weight grades with the average of three was obtained. Since the final grades of both matrixes were lower than the specified average, it could be concluded that the situation of ecotourism was not desirable in Jajroud. As a result, the creating and developing ecotourism in the protected area of Jajroud and altering the region into one of the ecotourism zones of Iran require the application of an integrated management based on environmental, social and economic elements.

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MOHARRAM NEJAD, NASSER, & AGHAKHANI, MAHSA. (2009). EVALUATION OF THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ECOTOURISM INDUSTRY STRATEGIC FACTORS(CASE STUDY: PROTECTED AREA OF JAJROUD). JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 11(3 (42)), 237-248. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/407423/en

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MOHARRAM NEJAD NASSER, AGHAKHANI MAHSA. EVALUATION OF THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ECOTOURISM INDUSTRY STRATEGIC FACTORS(CASE STUDY: PROTECTED AREA OF JAJROUD). JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY[Internet]. 2009;11(3 (42)):237-248. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/407423/en

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NASSER MOHARRAM NEJAD, and MAHSA AGHAKHANI, “EVALUATION OF THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ECOTOURISM INDUSTRY STRATEGIC FACTORS(CASE STUDY: PROTECTED AREA OF JAJROUD),” JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 11, no. 3 (42), pp. 237–248, 2009, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/407423/en

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