Fahimeh Khajehnabei; Mohammad Reza Zand Moghadam; Zeynab Korkeh Abadi
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of analyzing social, cultural, economic, environmental and institutional structures in the growth and development of urban tourism in the city of Galugah. The type of research was descriptive-analytical through using survey method. The statistical population ...
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The present study was conducted with the aim of analyzing social, cultural, economic, environmental and institutional structures in the growth and development of urban tourism in the city of Galugah. The type of research was descriptive-analytical through using survey method. The statistical population of the study consisted of households in the city of Galugah, managers and tourists, which was determined using the Cochran's formula of 360 people as a sample size. Random sampling method was used to select the research samples.Theresearchtoolwas aresearcher-made questionnaire. Although the city of Galugah has been proposed as a tourist destination in recent years, but so far no scientific study has been conducted on the structures and potential of it to benefit the development of tourism in the city and therefore, the present study is the first to identify factors affecting urban tourism development in the study area. According to the results, in the tourism sector and the host community, social, cultural, economic, environmental and institutional dimensions have a direct impact on the sustainable development of tourism in the city of Galugah.
