جغرافیا و توسعه (Sep 2017)

The Role of Mediator Management and Planning in the Relations Between the Role of Resources, Community and Tourism with Sustainable Eco-tourism Development

  • Aliakbar Aminbeidokhti,
  • Sakineh Jafari,
  • Mahdeieh Soltany Nezhad

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22111/gdij.2017.3348
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 48
pp. 39 – 58

Abstract

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The aim of this study is, the study of role of Mediator Management and Planning in the Relations between the role of Resources, Community and Tourism with Sustainable Eco-tourism Development in Darre Rageh of Rafsanjan town. The method of the research is descriptive - correlation method. Participants were 252 people of tourists entered in to Rageh canyon which selected by using available sampling method. All of them completed the scales of the role of sustainable eco-tourism development, community, resource, tourism, management & planning. In this research, the data analyzed with SPSS & Lisrel software. The results of the study indicate that resource has the role of resources has a direct effect on sustainable eco-tourism development. The role of resources with mediation of management & planning has indirect effect on sustainable eco-tourism development, But with mediation of management & planning has an indirect impact on the sustainable eco-tourism development. Tourism has a significant effect on sustainable eco-tourism development both directly & indirectly with intermediation management & planning. Also, management & planning perform a direct & significant effect on sustainable eco-tourism development. Resource & tourism role can impact directly and indirectly on sustainable eco-tourism development. But, the community has only an indirect impact on sustainable eco-tourism development. Applied implications of results were discussed.

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