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  1 - The Impact of Inbound Tourism Development on the Income Distribution among Households and Institutions (A Structural Path Analysis Approach)
  Mohammadreza Farzin Niloofar Abbaspoor Yekta Ashrafi Hamid Zargham Boroojeni
  Income generation potential of Tourism is a feature that has attracted the support of policymakers and host communities. The injection of inbound tourists’ expenditures to the destinations increases the income of households and institutions. Using the social accounting More

  Income generation potential of Tourism is a feature that has attracted the support of policymakers and host communities. The injection of inbound tourists’ expenditures to the destinations increases the income of households and institutions. Using the social accounting matrix of 2011, this paper evaluates the impact of the development of inbound tourism sector on the income of the households and institutions, as well as its distribution. The social accounting matrix has been altered so that it can incorporate tourism sector as one single sector next to other sectors in the production account. Moreover, the channels through which this development affects the income of households and institutions have been identified adopting structural path analysis approach. The findings show that institutions, urban households and rural households enjoy the most income increase, respectively. The four-fold share of the urban households compared to that of the rurals indicates an increase in the income gap as a result of inbound tourism development. Transportation sector has the greatest share in transferring the income-generating effects of the inbound tourism development to the households and institutions. Labor and capital are the most important factors of production in transferring inbound tourism development income to the households and institutions respectively. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Wisdom-based management style and the structures and paths to achieve it and its relationship with transformational leadership (Case study: five star hotels in Tehran)
  Rabeah Zandipak*
  In the literature on management and organization, one of the topics that has been considered recently is wisdom-based management, which is not unrelated to various topics, including transformational leadership. The present study aimed to investigate the antecedents of w More

  In the literature on management and organization, one of the topics that has been considered recently is wisdom-based management, which is not unrelated to various topics, including transformational leadership. The present study aimed to investigate the antecedents of wisdom-based management and its role in transformational leadership. The research is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive-survey in terms of nature and method. To test the hypotheses, a 50-item questionnaire by spectrum was used. The statistical population of the study is 800 managers and employees of five-star hotels in Tehran; The sample size of 260 people was selected based on Krejcie and Morgan table by stratified relative method. Reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and structural validity was assessed using Lisrel software and confirmatory factor analysis. In order to analyze the findings, LISREL software and path analysis model were used and to analyze the mediating variable, Sobel test was used. The results of the present study showed that the four variables of experience, spirituality, emotions and knowledge have a significant and positive effect on wisdom-based management and transformational leadership. Wisdom-based management also has a significant and positive effect on transformational leadership and plays a mediating role between the mentioned factors and transformational leadership. Wise management can, through training and effort, influence its employees by playing the role of a leader in the organization and acquire and transmit wisdom to them through the paths of experience, spirituality, emotions and knowledge. Manuscript profile
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  3 - A marketing model for Iranian rural tourism
  سمیرا اله‌یاری Abolfazl Tajzadehnamin Ali Badizadeh akbar pourfaraj
  The main purpose of this study was to develop the model of rural tourism for Iranian organizations. The philosophy of the research is Interpretivism, the approach is deductive, and the strategy is the case study. In this research, by using multiple case study method and More

  The main purpose of this study was to develop the model of rural tourism for Iranian organizations. The philosophy of the research is Interpretivism, the approach is deductive, and the strategy is the case study. In this research, by using multiple case study method and pluralistic approach, three companies of Tourism in Iran have been chosen and studied. Finally, interviews were conducted with 7 managers and elites. In each company, the current process of Rural tourism marketing and recommendatory Marketing model, by using different methods like semi-structured interviews, observation, and document analysis have been explored and have been defined. Then the suggested concepts of the interviews were analyzed and finally, the proposed model was drawn after comparing with the theoretical basis of the research and final analysis of the data obtained from the interviews. The results indicate that the Marketing model of rural tourism in Iran Includes four dimensions of environmental analysis(General and specialized environment), marketing planning(Mission, environmental intelligence, market-entry, more and Building Brand), operational planning(marketing mix and networking), and outcomes. Manuscript profile
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  4 - The effect of brand-oriented leadership on brand citizenship behavior in Hotel Industry
  Mohammad Bagher Fallahi Seyed Mohammad  Tabataba'i-Nasab Mehdi Sabokro
  The hotel industry is one of the basic foundations of tourism development. One of the important needs of hotels managers is Identify ways to develop those employees' behaviors that are consistent with the brand. The present study was aimed to investigate the effect of b More

  The hotel industry is one of the basic foundations of tourism development. One of the important needs of hotels managers is Identify ways to develop those employees' behaviors that are consistent with the brand. The present study was aimed to investigate the effect of brand-oriented leadership on brand citizenship behaviour with mediating roles of employee-brand fit and brand commitment. This study is a descriptive-correlation one from research methodology perspective. The statistical population of this study includes 1005 employees of 5 star hotels of shiraz. The sample size was calculated 278 employees and they were selected through convenience method. In order to collect the research data, the standard questionnaire of brand-oriented leadership, employee-brand fit, brand commitment and brand citizenship behavior were used, that their validity has been checked through the content validity and construct validity. reliability has been checked through Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability. Data were analyzed through structural equation modeling with Amos and SPSS software. The results of the hypothesis test showed that brand-oriented leadership has direct effect on brand citizenship behavior, brand-oriented leadership has direct effect on employee-brand fit and brand-leading leadership has direct effect on brand commitment. Also, the results of this study showed that the brand-oriented leadership has an effect on brand citizenship behaviour with mediating roles of employee-brand fit and the brand commitment. Manuscript profile
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  5 - The Impact of Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Indicators on Foreign Tourism Demand in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
  Fatemeh Rahmani Ali Rahnama
  Today, the role of the tourism industry has been accepted as a category in creating fields of interaction between the countries of the world. Tourism in developed and developing countries is one of the basic approaches in creating sustainable employment, increasing per More

  Today, the role of the tourism industry has been accepted as a category in creating fields of interaction between the countries of the world. Tourism in developed and developing countries is one of the basic approaches in creating sustainable employment, increasing per capita income, and diversifying sources of income. Various indicators affect the development of this industry and the number of tourists attracted by countries. Due to the importance of this issue, this study examines the effect of travel and tourism competitiveness indicators on foreign tourism demand in the Middle East and North Africa. The panel data model was used to measure the impact of these indicators for 15 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for the years 2011-2019, whose information is available in the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report. According to the results of this study, the three variables "air transport infrastructure", "labor market and human resources" and "price competitiveness" had the highest impact on attracting foreign tourists to the surveyed countries. Manuscript profile
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  6 - Discovering the components of social responsibility for ecolodge managers in Iran
  Sadegh Kazemian Gholamreza Malekzadeh Mahdi Farahi Alireza Khorakian
  Ecolodge are one of the new topics in global tourism, social responsibility in the tourism industry and these resorts have created attractions for individuals and organizations. The purpose of this study is to explore the components of social responsibility in ecotouris More

  Ecolodge are one of the new topics in global tourism, social responsibility in the tourism industry and these resorts have created attractions for individuals and organizations. The purpose of this study is to explore the components of social responsibility in ecotourism resorts in the country. This research has an interpretive philosophy, inductive approach, qualitative method and data-based strategy with an apparent approach. It analyze by Glaser coding method. The study population was the country's eco-tourism resorts, the quality treasury of the country's first-class resort managers, academic experts and senior officials of the country's tourism management. The study sample was 25 of these people. This research conduct from June 2019 to April 2020. In the theoretical coding stage, the extracted components and categories conceptualize based on the "dimensions" family. The results showed that social responsibility in ecotourism resorts includes 6 components and 23 categories. These components include community-based culture, law, community-based business, environmental attention, benevolence, and accountability to internal stakeholders. Each of these components helps managers understand what features they should focus on in eco-lodges in order to better implement social responsibility. Manuscript profile
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  7 - Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Organizational Citizenship Behavior in the Hotel Industry (Case Study: Parsian Azadi Khazar Hotel)
  jafar bahari mehdi karoubi Shahla  Bahari Samira Mohammadi
  In today's highly competitive world, organizations are looking for new methods to maximize the performance and effort of their employees. The largest and most important capital of any organization, is it's human capital, that overshadowes other investments of the organ More

  In today's highly competitive world, organizations are looking for new methods to maximize the performance and effort of their employees. The largest and most important capital of any organization, is it's human capital, that overshadowes other investments of the organization, and the achievement of the goals of the organizations largely depends on the proper functioning of the staff. Today, outstanding organizational performance can not be obtained merely from ordinary staff efforts. One of the reasons underling successes in large organizations is the fact that their staff performance is beyond their formal tasks. Present research aimed to Impact of Emotional Intelligence (EI) on Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) in the hotel industry in Parsian Azadi Khazar Hotel Chalus has been done in the summer of 2019. The data required for this research is collected by simple random sampling method and with tools of questionnaire. Also, structural equation method has been used by the Smart pls software to analyze data. The method of research is descriptive and correlational and Statistical population of this research is considered all employees of Parsian Azadi Khazar Hotel Chalus. To determine the sample size, Cochran's formula was used and sample size of 89 people was obtained. Also, simple random sampling method was used for sampling. The results showed that the Emotional Intelligence (EI) and every one of its dimensions on Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) have a positive and significant impact. and also it was shown that Social Awareness variable has the largest is path coefficient and its impact on Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) is higher than other variables. Manuscript profile
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  8 - The paradigmatic pattern of brand value creation for tourism destinations in Iran
  manouchehr jahanian Mohammad aghaei elham vahedi
  Given the position of the tourism industry in the world, the competition in attracting tourists among different destinations around the world has taken a close look. Today, everyone has realized that the industry operates like a fuel tank that is endless, and its revenu More

  Given the position of the tourism industry in the world, the competition in attracting tourists among different destinations around the world has taken a close look. Today, everyone has realized that the industry operates like a fuel tank that is endless, and its revenue takes on an exponential form over time. Given that Iran is a country that has high tourism potentials, it is necessary to use this unlimited source as a value for sustainable growth and development due to brand value creation for a tourist destination makes one destination higher than the other in a competitive position and ultimately selected by tourists. In this study, at the first, the existing literature was examined, then with the interview technique, 18 experts were interviewed and data related to creating brand value of the destination was extracted. After that, using the Grand Theory method, the concepts were extracted and then categorized, which was finally designed as a Paradigmatic model. As a result, factors such as economic growth, sustainable destination development, attracting capital, recognition of global civilization mentioned as “the causal categories of destination brand value”, and categories such as destination identity design, advertising, planning and financing as “strategies” and categories such as ethnic diversity, weak laws, and Lack of modeling as “interfering in the implementation of strategies”. In the following, contextual factors for the implementation of strategies included the succession of managers, integrated management, public-private partnership. During this research, the consequences of creating the value of the destination brand include political, economic, social and cultural growth, tourism prosperity, sustainable development and other factors mentioned. Manuscript profile
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  9 - Development of ecotourism, and its role in the development of ecotourism attractions in Aran and Bidgol
  sajedeh karimi
  The purpose of this paper is studying the development of ecotourism, and its role in the development of ecotourism attractions in the city of Aran and Bidgol. The research methodology is descriptive-analytical. The population under study included 65 xperts, professional More

  The purpose of this paper is studying the development of ecotourism, and its role in the development of ecotourism attractions in the city of Aran and Bidgol. The research methodology is descriptive-analytical. The population under study included 65 xperts, professionals, and professors in the field of ecotourism in Aran and Bidgol. The sample was selected based on judgmental sampling and is consist of 65 experts. The research gathering tool is a questionnaire designed with 12 questions in the field of ecotourism, creativity with 13 questions and development of ecotourism places with 21 questions. To analyze the data, structural equation analysis with AMOS software was used. The results indicate that ecotourism has influenced the development of Aran and Bidgol locomotion sites with a mediating role of creativity, such that ecotourism has an effect on ecotourism sites with path coefficient of 0/55 and T 3/91, ecotourism on creativity with coefficient Pathway 0/32 and T 2/65 value, creativity affected ecotourism sites with path coefficient 0/61 and T value 2/32. Thus, ecotourism has been able, through creativity, to improve the development status of ecotourism sites, with a path coefficient of (0/61) indicating that ecotourism's direct relation to ecotourism sites has a coefficient of 0/32. Manuscript profile
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  10 - The Impact of Destination Image and Satisfaction on Heritage Tourists’ Loyalty: resenting a Conceptual Model (Case Study: World Collection of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili)
  Habib Shahbazi Shiran Roya Esmi
  The restoration, preservation, and prosperity of historical monuments in Iran are directly related to the presence of heritage tourists. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the impact of destination image and satisfaction on heritage loyalty within a conc More

  The restoration, preservation, and prosperity of historical monuments in Iran are directly related to the presence of heritage tourists. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the impact of destination image and satisfaction on heritage loyalty within a conceptual model based on the visitors of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili collection in Ardabil, Iran. The research method was descriptive-survey and the sample size was determined to be 375 people by using available sampling method and Cochran formula (unspecified population size). Data were analyzed using the SPSS and AMOS softwares. Results showed that most respondents had relatively high satisfaction with their visit to the collection. According to the results of structural equations analysis, the most effective variables related to loyalty, destination image and tourist satisfaction were the variables of tourists' revisit of the collection, awareness and interest and tourism costs, respectively. The destination image also has a significant effect on satisfaction; But effect of destination image on the heritage tourists’ loyalty is mediated by the mediating variable of satisfaction. Therefore, the focus of heritage tourism marketing programs on improving the destination image among heritage tourists would not necessarily lead to an increase in tourists' revisit from the collection. But, attention to satisfaction variable, especially reducing tourism costs and increasing the security feeling, can have more effect on tourists’ loyalty. Manuscript profile
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  11 - Investigating the Quality of Subjective Perception of Tourists of the Artistic lements of Monuments in a Mixed- Methods Case Study: Hamedan City
  Tooran Ahmadi
  One of the important factors in shaping the quality of tourists' mental perception of the monument is the quantity and quality of architectural elements, both tangible and intangible elements, which the tourist judges in his mind after visiting. This study aimed to inve More

  One of the important factors in shaping the quality of tourists' mental perception of the monument is the quantity and quality of architectural elements, both tangible and intangible elements, which the tourist judges in his mind after visiting. This study aimed to investigate the role of architectural elements of historical monuments in Hamadan in shaping the quality of tourists' mental perception. The research method is mixed (qualitative than quantitative). The results of qualitative research findings showed that tourists, depending on their characteristics, receive different meanings from seeing a historical monument. Also, the results showed that the variables of patterns, inscriptions, plastering, and tiling have the highest frequency among tourist interviews and have a great impact on creating mental quality. In the quantitative findings section, the results of regression test showed that the variables of designs and inscriptions are R2 = 0.841, historical history of the building = R2 = 0.542, plastering and tiling = R2 = 0.509, date of construction = R2 = 0.489, respectively. Entrances and windows = R2 = 0.403, materials, brickwork and structure shape = R2 = 0.388, landscape = R2 = 0.369 and structural proportions = R2 = 0.610 have a significant relationship with the quality of mental perception. The results of one-way analysis of variance showed that the role of architectural elements in the quality of tourists 'mental perception by age, gender, level of education and previous tourist experience in visiting the monument in all eight dimensions of factors affecting the quality of tourists' mental perception at 000 / 0 was significant. Among these, the literacy level variable with the value of F = 12.478 had the highest expectation from the three groups. Manuscript profile
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  12 - Estimation of the Economic Value of Mogarmon Tourist Area Using the Contingent aluation and Individual Travel Costs Approaches
  iman danaeifar mehrdad mehdizadeh
  Due the importance to implement tourism development projects in different recreational areas, it is necessary to assess the benefits of such projects. The purpose of the current study was to estimate the economic value of Mogarmon tourist area in Lendeh town using condi More

  Due the importance to implement tourism development projects in different recreational areas, it is necessary to assess the benefits of such projects. The purpose of the current study was to estimate the economic value of Mogarmon tourist area in Lendeh town using conditional economic valuation and individual travel cost approaches. To this end, 400 questionnaires were completed by visitors of the Mogarmon recreational area during summer and autumn seasons in 2019. The results of the Contingent valuation method indicated that the average willingness to pay for each person to visit this location was 6752 Rials and the recreational value for each family was 288445/44 Rials per year. Moreover, the results of the travel cost method for individual travel also suggested that the recreational value of this location was estimated equal to 1062936000 Rials. Comparing these two methods showed that the recreational value of this recreational area was overestimated in the individual travel costs method, because from the of visitors' viewpoint, the use of this recreational location is considered as a public net commodity and the individuals don't exactly express their willingness to pay so that the cost of each household for recreation in this location is far higher than the stated inclination. Manuscript profile