Ecotourism Development Model to Economic Growth and Job Creation (Case Study: from Emamzadeh Hashem to Rudbar)

The ultimate purpose of the present s tudy is to provide a model for ecotourism development, economic growth, and job creation. The research methodology was descriptive-inferential, and the data collection method was a researcher-made ques tionnaire. The firs t part included considering the models of ecotourism development. After inferring and confirming the research hypothesis, the second part presented the economic development model and job creation in the free margin of the northern roads between Emamzadeh Hashem and Rudbar. For proving the research hypothesis, at firs t, the factors affecting the development of ecotourism were identified and identified, which included eight topics including national identity, job creation, productivity growth, service prosperity, environmental, physical, socio-cultural, and community attitudes and awareness to determine which variable will have the mos t significant impact on the development of ecotourism. Accordingly, ۳۸۴ natives and touris ts from tourism-recreational and ecotourism complexes in the s tudy area were asked. SPSS software was used for inferential measurement of data, and PLS software was used to present the s tructural model of the research. The ques tionnaire and their analysis based on the correlation coefficient and s tructural model in the firs t part showed that employment is the mos t critical factor in tourism development. The analysis results in the firs t part include the presentation of ۳۲ factors affecting the development of ecotourism. The findings in the second section also present the ۱۱ factors of economic development and economic growth.

کلیدواژه ها:

ecotourism development ، Economic growth ، job creation ، production increase ، services prosperity