The effects of tourism on sustainable rural livelihood (Case Study: Molham-Darreh and Tarkhin-Abad villages of in Hamadan Province)
Mousa Aazami
1
(
Associate prof, Department of Rural Development, Bu- Ali Sina University, Hamedan
)
nahid hashemi amin
2
(
کارشناس ارشد دانشگاه بوعلی سینا همدان
)
Keywords: Rural tourism, Poverty Decrease, Sustainable Livelihoods, Outcomes livelihood,
Abstract :
Tourism has increasing link with poverty reduction in developing countries that affecting it as a poverty reduction strategy. Sustainable livelihoods framework for tourism (SLFT), as a new analytical approach in the field of rural development and poverty reduction has frequently been applied in recent years. Nowadays, the role of tourism in contributing to the development of rural areas is obvious for everyone and rural tourism as a form of tourism industry is important in rural and regional development policy and planning. This study as a survey aiming to analyze the livelihood outcomes (social, economic, environmental and sustainable institutional) of Molham-Darreh and Tarkhin-Abad tourism centers. Statistic population consisted of 301 persons from rural heads of households in which 140 persons were selected as sample group according to Cochran formula. The main instrument for data collection was a questionnaire that its validity was confirmed by professors and experts of the software. Also, its reliability was gained using Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α= 0/81). For statistical analysis SPSS21 software was used. Results of factor analysis showed that four intended factors including sustainable economic outcomes, sustainable social outcomes, sustainable environmental outcomes and sustainable institutional outcomes as the most important factors affecting the sustainable livelihoods of rural tourism are outcomes. These factors totally had %50.14 of the total variance in applied factor analyze. Also it can be concluded that the planning of sustainable livelihoods based rural tourism is the effective factors in developing and improving sustainable rural tourism
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