فهرست مطالب reza solymannejad

This mixed Research aimed to identify the attractions associated with the sustainable development of Agri- tourism m in the west of Mazandaran Province.The population of the qualitative sector were experts in the field of agricultural tourism in various organizations who were purposefully selected and data was collected through semi structured interviews with 20 of them Based on the two stages of open and axial coding of the basic theory, 87 indicators were extracted using Maxqdawin12 software. The statistical population of the quantitative section was 69 rural villagers in the west of Mazandaran province who were selected by multi-stage method. In order to analyze the quantitative data, mean, standard deviation, Friedman rank tests, Analysis of variance ANOVA and Tukey test software. The results showed that natural landscapes are in the first place, manmade landscapes are in the second place. But infrastructure is the last resort in terms of opportunities. The results of F test and Tukey post hoc showed that there is a significant difference between the three cities of Tonekabon, Chalous and Ramsar in terms of opportunities for interconnected Agri- tourism at the error level of 0.01 and different cities in terms of opportunities and attractions differ from each other.

Sustainable development of Agri-tourism is a solution for the optimal use of the tourism industry. But one of the main reasons for the non-implementation of development policies is the lack of necessary mechanisms to identify and analyze the many stakeholders that should be in a participatory process for sustainable management of Agri-tourism development. The present mixed study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the stakeholders of sustainable development of Agri-tourism in the west of Mazandaran Province. In order to identify these stakeholders, the stakeholders’ information was collected from experts in the field of agricultural tourism. After interviewing 17 of them and during four Delphi stages, 25 people were identified as stakeholders of sustainable development of Agri-tourism and using a semi-structured interview with two representatives of each stakeholder group (50 interviews in total), it was determined how to exercise the power of the stakeholders according to the type of their benefit. Based on the results, the main stakeholders in the sustainable development of agricultural tourism were mostly government organization, including the Agriculture Jihad Organization, Cultural Heritage Organization, Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization and Environment Protection Organization, which in terms of five types of legal power, knowledge power, economic power, political power and social power were in a higher position. The proposed classification can be used to create capacity, promote participation and interaction among stakeholders according to the type of power and benefit in the process of sustainable development of Agri-tourism.