Presenting a Range Capacity Management Model for the Improvement of Tourism Quality and Environmental Conservation in the Mountainous Areas of Mount Safeh, Case Study: Mount Safeh Isfahan

Document Type : Science - Research

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1 Ph.D student, Department of Environment, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran.

3 Associate Professor, Department of Environment, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran.

Abstract

This research was carried out with the aim of examining the capabilities of mountain tourism in order to improve the quality of tourism and preserve the environment. The American community in this study is part of the visiting tourists from the region by random sampling; in this case, according to the frequent visits of visitors in different days, the average number of respondents was estimated at 100 thousand people, so according the size of the American community, the sample size determined by the Morgan table, is 384 people. This research is of a descriptive-analytical type and is considered in terms of application purposes. The data used in this study was collected through a questionnaire, which was confirmed by the CVR scale calculation and the scale was calculated using the Alpha-Cronbach method, and was also used to estimate the yield capacity of a few methods. In order to examine the relationship between tourism capability and conservation of the environment and the improvement of tourism quality, the method of structural equations and PLS software has been used. Since tourism capabilities vary depending on the characteristics and combinations of each mountain region, including climate, geography, culture, and history, The innovation of this research is that, firstly, no research has been done in the field of range tourism capacities in the studied area, and secondly, providing a range capacity management model in order to improve the quality of tourism and preserve the environment in mountainous areas is a topic that has not been addressed so far. The findings of this study showed the physical capacity of 32500, the actual capacity is 8076 and the effective capacity 5387 people per year, so the efficient capacity and the real capacity have a significant impact on environmental conservation and the promotion of tourism quality, But the range has no effect on increasing the quality of tourism and the environmen; But the physical range capacity does not have much effect on increasing the quality of tourism and the environment.

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Journal of Urban Ecology Researches
Volume 15, Vol 3 , (Series 36)
October 2024
Pages 159-176

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  • Receive Date: 23 November 2023
  • Revise Date: 27 March 2024
  • Accept Date: 30 July 2024

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