Journal of Arid Regions Geographic Studies

Journal of Arid Regions Geographic Studies

A sustainable tourism-based income model for municipalities' (Using the meta-synthesis approach)

Authors
mohammad aghazadeh
mohammad mirehei
alireza estelaji
ali tavakolan
Abstract
Abstract:
Today, the major source of income for Iranian municipalities is the unstable resources such as construction fines and charges and Such an approach has led them to the financial crisis, the challenge of urban management and ultimately to citizens' dissatisfaction. So, in the developed cities of the world, tourism is used as one of the main and influential drivers in analyzing the urban economy in order to sustain and monetize the economy of municipalities. Therefore, the main purpose of this research is to present a comprehensive model of municipalities' sustainable income generation based on tourism. For the research method, interpretive and systematic meta-synthesis approach has been used and the statistical population is based on the findings of qualitative studies of other researchers in the field of sustainable income of the municipalityS based on tourism in the period of 1370-1388 solar years and systematic sampling method has selected 26 articles from 315 articles, based on the title, abstract, content analysis of articles with dimensions and components related to the capability of innovation based on sustainable income of municipalities from the tourism industry. Data were coded using Maxqda software based on content analysis strategy and based on the "double coding" index to evaluate the reliability and quality control of the findings, with 0.92 excellent agreement was reached between the two evaluators.  The findings of the present study show that 131 initial codes, 15 codes with concepts and with 6 main categories and effective in creating sustainable income of municipalities based on tourism are effective in holding festivals, special ceremonies and communication, leisure planning, development of urban transportation infrastructure, Using the hidden capacity of urban tourism attractions, constructing tourist spaces and environments, reinforcement the multiple roles of tourism and tourism They can be considered as a strategy, finally, the result of the research is the presentation of a practical concept model for stabilizing the income of municipalities based on tourism.
Keywords
Tourism
Urban Economy
Urban hidden capacities
Sustainable Income Generation
Municipalities
Meta-Synthesis
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  • Receive Date 23 November 2022
  • Publish Date 23 November 2022