An examination of the effects of push and pull factors on Iranian national parks: Boujagh National Park, Iran

  • سال انتشار: 1394
  • محل انتشار: مجله علوم زیستی خاورمیانه، دوره: 13، شماره: 3
  • کد COI اختصاصی: JR_CJES-13-3_002
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 174
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نویسندگان

A. Reihanian

University of Malaya

T.W. Hin

University of Malaya

E. Kahrom

Islamic Azad University

N.Z. Binti Mahmood

University of Malaya

A. Bagherpour Porshokouh

Islamic Azad University

چکیده

This article analyses the push and pull factors that bring visitors to the Iranian national parks. The study used a structured questionnaire to collect data on these factors and the socio-demographic profile of the visitors. Survey conducted in Boujagh National Park, an area of ۳۱۷۷ hectares located in the north of the Iran, produced ۴۰۰ questionnaires. The factor analysis identified four push and six pull factors underlying visitors’ motives to visit the park. Difference in the push and pull factors in different socio-demographic groups were investigated. It was found that visitors are pushed to the park for relaxing, and pulled by nature as a product. It was also clear that gender, marital status and province of the residence had not a significant influence on the push and pull factors. With the current number of other type of tourism competing for nature based tourism, this kind of information can imply that the management of national parks should not only focus on the identified travel motives, but also focus on other push and pull factors, in order to contribute to the sustainability of parks’ development.

کلیدواژه ها

Motivation, satisfaction, Push and pull factors, Boujagh National Park, Iran

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