نشریه فضای گردشگری
پیاپی 44 (پاییز 1401)

The purpose of the current research is to investigate the effects of tourism on villagers’ life quality from the perspective of the host community in the villages of Afarineh, Paran Parviz, and Valiasr in Poldokhtar. The statistical population of the research included the local people of Afrinah, Paran Parviz, and Valiasr villages which according to the census of 2015 was estimated to be 4084 people. To select the sample size, Cochran's formula was used based on which 351 people were sampled. One-sample t-test and multivariate regression analysis were used to analyze the research findings. The obtained results showed that the effects of tourism in the economic, social, environmental, physical-spatial, and health and individual welfare dimensions with averages of 3.539, 3.469, 3.592, 3.562, and 3.562 respectively were desirable. The results of the regression analysis showed that tourism had the greatest impact on the economic, social, spatial physical, individual health and well-being, and environmental dimension with beta values of 0.355, 0.278, 0.239, 0.183, and 0.113 repectively.

Geotourism is a combination of the words ‘earth’ and ‘tourism’, and it is a kind of tourism with geological, morphological, and cultural attractions. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the capabilities of some geomorphological landforms in creating geotourist attractions of geosites using the Komanescu and Pavlova competitiveness models. Based on the results of Komanescu and Paulova models, Fandoghlu Forest Park with an average of 14.45 had the highest and Sardabe waterfall with 11.85 had the lowest score among landforms. The geomorphosites of Sabalan Lake, Neor Lake, Hiran Pass, and Alvares Ski Resort were ranked second to fifth respectively. In addition to having a scientific and aesthetic value, the high score of Fanodghlou Forest Park may be due to the presence of beautiful and unique geomorphological landforms, wildlife, and its pristine environment. The results of competitiveness analysis showed that Fandoghlu forest has more potential capabilities for tourists compared with those of the studied areas as well as other geotourism areas. The general result of the research shows the high potential of the values of the studied geosites; however, due to the lack of necessary infrastructure, the category of geotourism in these areas requires macro-planning at the regional and national levels. Finally, to attract tourists and introduce geotourist areas, it is suggested to design an online system for virtual tourism.

Although crowdsourcing is a new business principle in many tourism programs in the modern world, its basic mechanism remains unknown in the tourism industry, especially in Iran. This study aimed to comprehensively determine a crowdsourcing program in the tourism industry at both technical and conceptual levels (i.e., nature, reasons, challenges, and strategies). Cluster analysis for understanding the conceptual framework of the challenges that exist in the field of crowdsourcing in the tourism industry and finally knowing the strategies introduced in crowdsourcing in the tourism industry will help the researchers to develop a comprehensive cognitive framework in this field. This study is qualitative in nature and uses a meta-synthesis approach and a library-based method for collecting the required data. In order to carry out the research, after formulating the research questions, a systematic search based on the related key terms was conducted using the target databases including EBSCO Business Source Complete and Web of Science. The results of the study showed that the pattern of research in crowdsourcing challenges in the tourism industry can be determined in four clusters namely technology, human beings, strategies, and third-generation studies. Moreover, the strategies presented by the researchers in the successful implementation of a crowdsourcing project in the tourism industry can be implemented in four categories of strategies related to vision and strategy, human capital, infrastructure, and external environment. The results of this research can be used as a road map for future studies and provide a more comprehensive understanding of creating crowdsourcing platforms in the tourism industry.

The hotel industry is one of the business areas in which the customer is considered to be the main factor of success due to the relatively intense competitive environment that prevails in it. Considering the nature of hotel services that can lead to creating emotional relationships with customers, the importance of customer engagement is twofold. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to identify the antecedents of customer engagement by focusing on the dual value perspective for both the customer and the company. This research has an experimental and quantitative approach, and in terms of its purpose, it is applied and in terms of its method, it is descriptive of the correlation type. The statistical population of this research consists of customers with active participation in 5-star hotels in Mashhad. The data was collected through a questionnaire and analyzed by the method of partial least squares (path analysis). The research findings indicated the significant impact of 12 variables as antecedents of customer engagement (6 items related to company resources and 6 items related to customer resources). It was concluded that the obtained conceptual framework can be used as a tool for strategic planning in the field of marketing and the development of customer engagement in various businesses.

The significance of the attitude towards child and family tourism is due to the fact that it is associated with the fundamental therapies and ethical principles that underlie the growth and development of the modern collective tourism system and distinguishes tourism as a positive consumption activity in modern societies. Social tourism analysts have cited various structural inequalities in access to travel opportunities that have traditionally been overlooked by tourism researchers, highlighting the concept of "citizenship rights" for tourism and highlighting its role in tackling social exclusion. For this purpose, the present study aims to investigate and analyze the barriers to development of child and family tourism in Ahvaz. The general approach of this research is descriptive-analytical and survey. The results show that managerial dimensions، socio-cultural security technological and environmental dimensions respectively have the greatest contribution to the urban space undesirability of Ahvaz in the development of child and family tourism. Also, in the factor analysis it was shown that the "socio - cultural" factor with the coefficient of 0.371 was the most significant one while the environmental factor with the coefficient of -0.021 was the least significant one among the factors of child and family tourism development in Ahvaz metropolis.

Today, tourism is the most important economic activity in the world on the one hand and the most important scientific issue on the other hand. Therefore, policies, strategies, and tourism planning are important intellectual challenges of the human community. The length of the Gulf of Oman in the southeast of Balochistan is wide. The present study is an applied research in terms of its purpose and descriptive-analytical based on the nature and method. Its sample size has been determined based on Cochran's formula of 384 people. The general results of the research confirm that the infrastructure and facilities in the study area have favorable growth only in small parts of the region while they have not been very desirable in other parts. Also, with 95% confidence it can be said that transportation, welfare and hospitality facilities, tourism infrastructure intermediary services, etc. have all significant effect on the development of tourism in Makran beaches.

The purpose of this research is to design a model of conflict dimensions from the point of view of tourists entering Gilan province and local natives. This research is descriptive and exploratory based on the nature and method of data collection. The statistical population of this research is tourists and residents, and the participation of university experts and cultural heritage and tourism experts with a number of 18 people is also included. The data of the qualitative part was collected using the approach based on classical grounded theory and using semi-structured interviews through purposeful snowball sampling. In the quantitative part, the relationship and significance of the categories were determined with the interpretive structural modeling approach. Based on the obtained results, inflation in the real estate sector, disruption in the transportation system, and cultural differences are the cornerstones of the pattern of tourism conflict dimensions and have a high effect on it. This model can be used to investigate the tourism conflict phenomenon according to the views of different stakeholders, as a reference for tourism development and guidance for managing tourism operations. Also, the problems and shortcomings of tourism development in Gilan province can be changed by increasing or decreasing each of the variables and using the results as a basis for tourism development.

The tourism industry, as a clean and job-creating industry, has been one of the most profitable industries in the world in recent years and is always the focus of development policies and programs. In order to develop and survive in the tourism sector, governments and private sectors at macro to micro levels need to forecast the demand in this sector. Today, a forest fire is one of the leading natural disasters and has worried all countries about its effects. Widespread fire in forests is one example of a natural crisis and dealing with it is crisis management. In this research, the factors of tourism management and fire prevention, fighting in forests and pastures are discussed. In order to protect forests and pastures against the risk of fire, one of the first strategies that are considered is to determine the areas prone to fire, and other strategies for this purpose include the preparation and implementation of forestry plans, rapid fire detection, and comprehensive response with all protective measures, regular planning and proper culture in order to preserve natural resources, use of indigenous knowledge of people in forest management, creation of a fire crisis center in forests to serve forest areas at risk, coordination of firefighting forces with public relief forces in order to deal with by fighting fires, training human forces and using effective and up-to-date equipment, the experience of the countries can be used. As a result, tourists and residents should not set fires in forests and pastures and burn the remains of agricultural products in fields.