The effects of tourism on sustainable livelihoods of rural households from the perspective of the host community (Case Study: Avraman District - Srvabad county)
Subject Areas :Dr saadi Mohammadi 1 , 2 , اصغر رشیدی ابراهیم حصاری 3
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Keywords: sustainable livelihoods, tourism, Uraman District, Sarvabad County,
Abstract :
Rural tourism, including economic and profitable activities that could impact of economic, socio-cultural, environmental and physical - space on the host community, In this study, the effects of tourism on sustainable livelihoods of rural households Oraman the Sarvabad county is studied. The study, in terms of purpose, functional and in terms of data collection, a combination of documentary survey. The population of the study households 4 village of Avram (Oraman Takht, Slin, Belbar and Kamaleh) constitute the highest volume of tourists. The number, equal to 1270 households. A sample using Cochran formula, 250 samples were obtained, Samples, stratified random sampling method based on the population of each village were selected. The data of this study is questionnaire. Reliability using Cronbach's alpha (0.84) respectively. To investigate the impact of tourism on sustainable livelihoods, single-sample t-statistics, analysis of variance, regression analysis and path analysis were used. The findings of this study indicate that the use of statistical tests on one sample t-test, tourism on the human, social, physical, natural and financial Villagers positive impact. Analysis of variance showed that there were significant differences between the different dimensions of sustainable livelihoods. Regression analysis showed that all dimensions of sustainable livelihoods (the human, social, natural, physical, and financial) have a significant effect on rural sustainable livelihoods. In general, the views of local people, tourism has a positive impact on sustainable livelihoods villagers section Oraman bed. The result of the path analysis showed that all dimensions, direct and indirect impact on rural tourism area.