Exploring the Factors Involved in Increasing Attractiveness of Tourist Destinations
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Ali Amiri
1
,
mehrshad toulabi nejad
2
*
,
Monirah Ghofran
3
1 - , Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University
2 - Lecturer Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Lorestan, and post -Ph.D. in Geography and Rural Planning, Faculty of Land Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
3 - PhD student in Geography and Rural Planning, Faculty of Geography and Environmental Planning, Sistan and Baluchestan University, Zahedan, Iran
Keywords: Tourism, Attraction of Attractions and Topics, Logistics Regression Model, Poledokhtar Township.,
Abstract :
To support tourism development, it is necessary to consider the factors that help increase the appeal of tourist destinations, trying to portray a positive image of the destinations in the tourists’ minds. Therefore, this applied study sought to examine the factors involved in increasing the appeal of tourist destinations in Poldokhtar County, Lorestan province, Iran, using a descriptive-analytic approach. The required data were collected through the administration of the researcher-developed questionnaire. The population of the study comprised fifty tourism experts and specialists who were selected through purposive sampling. Moreover, regression and binary logistics models (LM-Newton-Marcard-Rafson) were used to find answers to the research questions. The results of the study indicated that the diversity of job opportunities created by tourism products, cultural authenticity/natural assets, and tourism infrastructure were the most important factors involved in increasing the appeal of tourist attractions in Poldokhtar County. On the micro-structure level, the results suggested that the diversity of income-generating opportunities created by the development of tourism products, promotion of indigenous-local arts and handicrafts, the establishment of conference halls/ resorts to satisfy tourists, preservation of cultural/ historical and ancient attractions of Poldokhtar county, the development and improvement of tourism transport infrastructure, and the promotion and preservation of indigenous-local traditions were the most important indicators which could help increase the appeal of tourist attractions in Poldokhtar.
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