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Aim: This article aims to analyze the physical-environmental consequences of the development of ecotourism in the rural settlements of the city.
Materials & Methods: This research employed a descriptive-analytical method, and according to its purpose, it is classified as applied research. To collect the required information, various studies, documents, and survey methods have been employed through library, field, and questionnaire data. According to the studies, among the 521 inhabited villages in Kerman city, 27 tourist-friendly villages with ecotourism residences were selected as the statistical population. Cochran's formula was used to determine the sample size. Therefore, 380 researcher-made questionnaires were prepared, each containing 47 questions, with validity coefficients of 0.681, 0.895, 0.796, and 0.796, respectively, in natural fields, infrastructures, and construction. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients were 0.895, 0.681, and 0.805, respectively.
Finding: Analysis of information by structural equation modeling method was done by villagers. According to the obtained results, in general, the desirable pattern of ecotourism development of villages with ecotourism residences in this city will be environmental-physical. The factor load is 0.769, indicating a good correlation between visible variables and hidden variables. In the Shannon entropy method, it has the highest negative weight of 0.110.
Conclusion: Strengthening this aspect of the environmental factor can be effective in the development and prosperity of ecotourism. In order to reach the appropriate model of eco-tourism development, the weaknesses and potentials of the villages should be considered, and the next step in this process should be physical-spatial and environmental.
Innovation: Among the most important innovative and practical aspects of research, we highlight the development of ecotourism in rural settlements to optimize their physical-environmental conditions.
کلیدواژهها English
Extended Abstract
One of the most important infrastructures necessary to attract tourists is the existence of accommodations that are designed, built, and managed according to established standards. Environmental values and capabilities of ecotourism, along with the principled use of hidden values in the environment, will be considered in parallel to create maximum compatibility between ecotourism accommodations and the characteristics of each place and region. Guidelines for the construction of these residences will be developed in accordance with social, cultural, and environmental conditions. According to the presented material, this article attempts to provide an analysis of the physical-environmental consequences of ecotourism development in rural settlements of Kerman.
The present research was conducted with the aim of analyzing the physical-environmental consequences of the development of ecotourism in the rural settlements of the city. This research employs a descriptive-analytical method, and, given its purpose, it falls within the field of applied research. To collect the required information, documentary studies and survey methods have been used through library, field, and questionnaire data. According to the studies, among the 521 inhabited villages of Kerman, 27 touristic villages with ecotourism residences were selected as the statistical population. Cochran's formula was used to determine the sample size. Therefore, 380 researcher-made questionnaires were prepared with 47 questions, whose validity was determined by formal and structural methods in natural fields, infrastructures, and construction, respectively, with values of 0.681, 0.895, and 0.796. The reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient, with values of 0.895, 0.681, and 0.805, respectively. To analyze the data, confirmatory factor analysis (Smart-PLS) was used. The purpose of confirmatory factor analysis (Smart-PLS) is to determine the power level of a pre-defined factor model with a set of observed data.
Based on the results of the measurement model, the visible factor is mostly greater than 0.3, indicating a significant correlation between the visible variables and the related hidden variables. Therefore, it can be concluded that each main variable has been measured correctly. Therefore, according to the results of this table, the ecological development model of the villages of Kerman will be an environmental model. The following section discusses the factor load analysis of the dimensions raised in the research separately for each of the rural districts within the city. However, due to the large volume of this analysis, only the table of factor loadings that determined the pattern is provided here. The observation factor has a value greater than 0.3 in most cases, indicating a proper correlation between the observable variables and the related hidden variables. Therefore, it can be concluded that each main variable has been measured correctly. Qanataghstan ecological development model; mill head; gardeners; Koirat; Zangiabad; arboretums of the type of environmental development model and Joshan ecotourism development model; sewing Meaziah; Sirach; Akhtarabad will be physical. To check the significance of the relationship between the variables, the t-value statistic is used. If the t-statistic is greater than 1.96, the hypothesis is confirmed. Because significance is checked at the 0.05 error level, if the amount of factor loadings observed with the t-value test is calculated to be smaller than 1.96, the relationship is not significant. Since the t-statistic is greater than 1.96, there is a significant relationship between the presentation of desirable models and the development of ecotourism in the villages of Kerman.
According to the obtained results, ecotourism generally had positive effects in all dimensions and components, but the amount was different in various components. In most cases, the observed factor load has a value greater than 0.3, which indicates that there is a good correlation between the visible variables and the related hidden variables. Since the development of ecotourism has not been able to be brought up in the villages of this city in a proper and necessary way. A suitable model or in some way appropriate to the development of their ecotourism should be proposed. Based on this, it can be generally stated that the development model of the rural villages of Kerman will be environmental-physical. Also, the shape of the eco-tourism development pattern of each village according to the conditions governing them is as follows: Joshan, Sirach, Mazieh and Akhtarabad: the physical-spatial pattern leads to the development of their eco-tourism. Other rural areas such as Qanataghestan: environmental; Koirat, Zangi-Abad, Drakhngan, Sar-Asiab, Baghin: economic and ecological; and Keshit: physical-spatial will be the ideal model for their ecotourism development. The results of the present research with the results of a study by Pourtemad and Nik Kadam (2022), Ebrahimi (2021), Faraji Rad et al. (2013), Pirzad and Riahi Moghadam (2014), who believed that the development model of ecotourism as well as the architecture of ecotourism villages and residences must be compatible with the climate and environment of that region. The main innovation of the current research and its difference from similar studies is that, in addition to considering physical factors, this research also considers environmental factors in providing a model for ecotourism residences in Kerman city. In the end, to develop ecotourism in the villages of Kerman city, the following suggestions are made:
- To reach the appropriate pattern of ecotourism development, consider the weaknesses and potential of the villages;
- In the next step, the development model of village ecotourism should be physical-spatial and environmental;
Another factor to consider in this regard is organizing the infrastructure of this area.
- Try to use materials that are suitable for the region's climate.
We would like to thank Dr. Ali Akbar Anabestani and others who have helped us with their valuable advice in conducting this research.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
