The economic, social, physical and infrastructural effects of tourism on the host community from the point of view of officials and local people (a case study of Afarineh, Paran Parviz and Valiasr villages in Poldakhtar city)

Nowadays, tourism is known as one of the most important economic industries all over the world, and its growth and expansion has many effects on the local society. This research has been conducted with the aim of investigating the economic, social, physical and infrastructural effects of tourism on the host community from the point of view of officials and local people in the villages of Poldakhter city. This research is applied in terms of its purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of the nature and method of carrying out the work, which was carried out by two methods library study and field survey. The statistical population of the research is made up of two groups of officials and local people. In the first group, 30 people from the officials of the city and the officials of the studied villages were selected as the sample size by personal estimation. Also, in the group of local people, according to the census of 2015, the population of the three villages of Efrain, Paran Parviz and Waliasr was equal to 4084 people, using Cochran's formula, 351 people were randomly selected as the sample size. In order to analyze the findings of the research, sample t-test, Duncan test and path analysis were used. The results of the sample T-Tech test showed that the most important effect of tourism on the host community from the point of view of the officials is on the economic dimension with an average of 3.544, but from the point of view of the local people, the greatest impact is on the physical dimension with an average of 3.224. The results of the path analysis showed that the economic dimension with an overall effect value of 0.734 had the greatest impact on the host community, and the physical dimension with an overall effect value of 0.321 had the least impact. Also, the results of the test of the impact of tourism on different dimensions in the studied villages have been different.The results of the path analysis showed that the economic dimension with an overall effect value of 0.734 had the greatest impact on the host community, and the physical dimension with an overall effect value of 0.321 had the least impact. Also, the results of the test of the impact of tourism on different dimensions in the studied villages have been different.Nowadays, tourism is known as one of the most important economic industries all over the world, and its growth and expansion has many effects on the local society. This research has been conducted with the aim of investigating the economic, social, physical and infrastructural effects of tourism on the host community from the point of view of officials and local people in the villages of Poldakhter city. This research is applied in terms of its purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of the nature and method of carrying out the work, which was carried out by two methods library study and field survey.