Identification of Tourism Challenges in Rural Areas During Corona virus pandemic With an Analytical Approach(Case study: Sulqan village)

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1 Department of Management and Accounting, ,University of Tehran, College of Farabi, Qom, Iran

2 Department of Management and Accounting, University of Tehran, College of Farabi, Qom, Iran

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The present research has been carried out with the aim of identifying the challenges of tourism in Soleqan village during the Coronavirus pandemic with an analytical approach it is functional and it has been done using qualitative paradigm and exploratory theory method. The research community is made up of tourism experts and specialists from different rural areas and 15 of them were selected by using the combined purposeful sampling method. The data collection method was done using library studies, interview protocol, and direct observation and continued until reaching the theoretical saturation level. Data analysis was performed using coding. The collected data were analyzed through content analysis. The results of the research show that the most important challenges caused by the pandemic in Soleqan village are: not being used, remaining unknown and destroying the human, natural, and cultural capacities of villages, paying less attention to the native and local attractions of the villages, economic recession (poverty and unemployment), the inefficiency of the policy process, planning and lack of government and local support.

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Town and Country Planning
Volume 15, Issue 2
Autumn & Winter
October 2023
Pages 293-306

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  • Receive Date: 15 April 2023
  • Revise Date: 04 July 2023
  • Accept Date: 08 July 2023

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