Economic Impact Evaluation of Tourism Development in Accordance with Sustainable Tourism, Case Study

• 발행기관: 세계문화관광학회
• 저자명: S. Ali Badri Mehdi. Ramezanzadeh lasboyee
• 간행물 정보: 『Conference Proceedings』10th International Joint World Cultural Tourism Conference 2009, 96~106쪽, 전체 11쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 관광학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2009.11.30

영문 초록

The identification and planning of tourism's actual and perceived economic impacts in rural areas as destination community in accordance with the sustainable tourism principles, has recently received significant attention. Thus, this study compares and analyzes the economic aspects of rural areas in accordance with the sustainable tourism principles before and after tourism development. The case study has been carried out on the rural areas of Dohezar district, Tonekabon Township, Iran. This area has eleven rural settlements and 216 households. Possessing beautiful natural landscapes, this area has been appealing to domestic tourists. The type of tourism in this area is nature-based tourism, reflected in the form of second homes. The methodology used in this study is descriptive-analytic, in which statistical test such as non-parametrical tests such as Wilcockson has been implemented with regard to the data type and the comparison before and after. The findings of this study indicate that the economic indicators of the villages under study have shown significant difference before and after the tourism development in accordance with the principles of sustainability and sustainable tourism; so much so that following the tourism development, positive economic impacts in these rural areas like the growth of employment in relation to the tourism sector and an increase of income as a result of tourism development were observed. But, in view of the fact that tourism development has occurred in the form of mass tourism, spontaneously and without any premeditated planning, it has brought about negative economic impacts such as increase in the price of goods and services, Economic seasonality, and excessive reliance of the rural areas upon the tourism sector, and unequal income distribution have been; something in conflict with the principles of sustainability and those of sustainable tourism.

목차

ABSTRACT

Introduction

Literature

Methodology

Study area

Findings

Results

References

키워드

Sustainable tourism Economic impacts Tourism development Rural areas of Tonekabon Township