نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشیار جامعهشناسی، دانشگاه محقق اردبیلی، اردبیل، ایران
2 کارشناس امور اداری دفتری، دانشکده مهندسی عمران و معماری، دانشگاه ملی مهارت، تهران، ایران.
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
This article attempted to identify the major issues facing tourism development and to discover the mechanism of occurrence of these issues in the functional system of Aras Free Zone. The method of data collection is a qualitative-quantitative method that has been carried out in a descriptive-analytical manner. Data were collected through interviews and completing questionnaires. The interviewees were 66 experts from the Free Zones Organization and Aras, tourists and tourism activists who were selected for interviews using the theoretical saturation method. The participants in the survey were tourism activists in Aras Free Zone, to whom 100 questionnaires were distributed and completed using the total enumeration method. Qualitative data were analyzed using the directional content analysis method and quantitative data were analyzed using correlation and multiple regression tests. The results of the study showed that among the identified barriers in the qualitative sector, inward-looking, bureaucracy, income generation, management changes, weak infrastructure, weak expertise, and seasonality have the most significant impact on the development of tourism in free zones, respectively. The results also showed that the problems of the management system of free zones, especially the continuous management changes, weak expertise, and reliance on short-term and quick-return policies focusing on small business solely for income generation, have caused free zones to remain unable to create appropriate facilities for investors and also to create artificial elements and infrastructure to attract tourists with new interests. These factors have caused tourism activities to become unstable over time and move away from their development-oriented goals.
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