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Authors
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Associate Professor, Dept. of Social Planning, Faculty of Social Sciences, Univesity of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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M.A. in Tourism Planning, Dept of Social Planning, Faculty of Social Sciences, Univesity of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
This paper aims to study the impact of rural tourism on poverty reduction within the
framework of sustainable livelihood approch using an ex-post-facto- comparative method.
For this purpose, two villages of the township of Rey, including Galehnou and Glalin, were
chosen to see the extent of the effect. These villages were geographically and locally
similar, but differed from the point of view of tourist visitors quantity. It was assumed that
tourism would positively and sustainably affect the villagers’ livelihoods. In this study, the
approach of the British oversea department for development was used to define sustainable
livelihood. According to this department, this concept refers to five economic, social,
cultural, environmental and institutional dimensions. All data needed for the study were
gathered by utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods. Statistical population in
both villages was 274 households, of which 80 respondents were selected through random
sampling to collect survey data. Likewise, 31 local informants in both villages were
interviewed to gather qualitative data. The findings indicated that as compared to village
Galin –which had attracted the least tourists, the majority of respondents in village
Galehnou –which had attracted the highest tourists believed that tourism has positive effect
on their sustainable subsistence. Moreover, most of socio-economic and individual
variables in village Glaehnou were statistically and positively associated with the
respondents’ attitudes towards the positive effect of tourism on sustainable livelihood.
Amongst independent variables, asset and income were highly associated with the
independent variable. The paper refuted cynical approach that tourism and its development
bring about negative outcomes or negatives attitudes in rural areas, due to its socio
economic side-effects.
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