Identification and Prioritization of Tourism Attraction of Genaveh Port and its Impact on the Economy of the City. Iran's Aspect

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Mohammad Behroozi Babak Abde Emami

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Tourism is a major force in any economy for large industries that are speeding up. It is an increasingly important source of income, employment and wealth in many countries. This paper looks identification and prioritization of tourist attractions and its impact on the economy. The population of this study contains 2000 of tourism, cultural heritage and economic experts which sample estimated 323 based on Morgan table. The Cronbach’s Alfa of questionnaire was 0.84. Kolmogorov Smirnoff and Friedman tests were used respectively to normal and ranking identified factors. The results showed that purchasing power, economic situation of people were important than the others factors identified.
Keyword: tourism; economy; prioritization tourist; cultural heritage

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