Vol. 7 No. 4 (2016)
Research Article

THE ROLE OF TOURISM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COASTAL VILLAGES. A CASE STUDY IN NOOR TOWN, IRAN

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  • Vali Alah RAHMANI,
  • Hasan ZABIHI,
  • Elahe IZAD
Vali Alah RAHMANI
Islamic Azad University of Rasht, Department of Geography, Faculty of Human Science, Iran.
Hasan ZABIHI
Universiti Technologi, Department of Geoinformatics, Faculty of Geoinformation, Malaysia.
Elahe IZAD
Islamic Azad University of Noor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Human Science, Iran

Published 2023-04-26

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RAHMANI, Vali Alah, Hasan ZABIHI, and Elahe IZAD. 2023. “THE ROLE OF TOURISM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COASTAL VILLAGES. A CASE STUDY IN NOOR TOWN, IRAN”. European Journal of Geography 7 (4):67-79. https://eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/380.

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Abstract

In this article we attempted to investigate the role of tourism in the development of the
coastal villages in Noor town, Iran focusing on their economic, sociocultural and physicalenvironmental capabilities. Moreover, this study identified that planning for growth and
development of tourism in this area should be managed by deliberating and analyzing all
existing structures. Furthermore, tourism development and growth has a significant effect on
land use changes on coastal villages. Thus results of this study indicate that this technique
(Chi-square) is effective for tourism development on coastal villages. The required data for
this study were collected through various questionnaires as well as documentary and research
studies of 24 coastal villages that located in Noor town in Iran. To analyze tourism growth
rate in the coastal villages a chi-square analysis test was conducted. The results showed
significant growth rate in different dimensions of tourism including physical, economic and
sociocultural perspective.

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