Socio-economic effects of tourism on the rural development in Torqabeh district

The main tool of the research is questionnaire. The statistical population of this research is the rural households in four villages targeted for tourism in Torqabeh district, Binalood towenship in Khorasan-Razavi province. According to the Census of 1395, there were 1950 rural households in Torqabeh. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to assess the reliability of the research instrument (questionnaire).From this community, Cochran sampling method, 200 people were selected as statistical sample to collect data for research. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to measure the reliability of the research instrument (questionnaire), which was calculated as 0.911 for economic effects and 0.910 for social effects. The KMO coefficient was used for factor validity of the research instrument (questionnaire), which was calculated as 0.895 for economic effects and 0.865 for social effects. The findings of the correlation analysis showed that younger people, better education and higher financial status have a more positive view of the economic and social impacts of rural tourism. The results of ANOVA test also showed that the viewpoints of people in different villages on the economic and social impacts of tourism are different with each other.