Barriers to establish e-business for developing tourism industry: A case study of Kish Island

Tajzadeh-Namin, Abolfazl

doi:10.5267/j.msl.2011.10.013

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“…It is a 91.5 square kilometre (35.3 square mile) resort island located in the Persian Gulf. The island is famous for its numerous shopping centres and in recent years, there has been a significant increase in the construction of new hotels, shopping centres and other touristic/leisure attractions on the island (Tajzadeh-Namin, 2012; Riasi and Pourmiri, 2016). The island hosts 1.5m guests annually, including many foreigners.…”

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The emergence of cruise tourism in Iran

Khodadadi

2018

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Purpose Iran is a country with substantial tourism potential. Iran’s tourism industry, however, was side-lined for decades due to international sanctions. The election of President Hassan Rouhani and the subsequent deal on Iran’s nuclear programme (reached on 14 July 2015) has resulted in softening of nuclear-related international sanctions and brought much needed relief to a struggling tourism industry in Iran. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the emergence of cruise tourism—as an attractive option for both domestic and international markets—with the introduction of the Iran’s first cruise ship, named “Sunny”, since the 1979 revolution. Design/methodology/approach This study is a short viewpoint piece based on the author’s interpretation of cruise tourism development in Iran and its future opportunities and challenges. Findings Following the nuclear deal, Iran has seen a substantial growth in inbound tourist numbers and attracted considerable investment in tourism-related infrastructure such as air transport and the hospitality sector. While cruise tourism is and remains an emerging phenomenon in Iran, it is evident that the country has a vested interest in developing this lucrative sector due to the country’s strong domestic market and potential to serve the international market. Originality/value This is an original topic which has never been investigated before. Cruise tourism is an emerging market in Iran and this study sheds new light on this new development. The paper focuses on the historical, current and future development of the tourism industry in Iran with a specific emphasis on cruise tourism.

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The emergence of cruise tourism in Iran

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2018

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Barriers to establish e-business for developing tourism industry: A case study of Kish Island

Tajzadeh-Namin¹

2012

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This is an empirical study for ranking different barriers on developing e-business in one of the free zones called Kish Island. This Island is located in south part of Iran and it is one of the most beautiful free zones of this country with tremendous opportunities for tourism industry. The proposed study gathers important factors in five different groups of economical, social and cultural, political, technology and software packages. In each group, decision makers determine various influencing factors and after three rounds of brainstorming, analytical hierarchy process is used to rank these factors. Based on the results, the lack of a good infrastructure (0.206), the lack of good culture among ordinary people to use e-businesses (0.205), the lack of good knowledge on internet services among ordinary people (0.204) are some of the most important factors preventing e-business in this region.

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Identification and ranking the factors influencing the performance of the incentive policies of free trade zones

Mohammadi¹,

Shoshtari²,

Naami³

2016

10.5267/j.uscm

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Free trade zones are important regions for development of business activities and detecting important factors for development of these regions plays essential role for development of economy. This paper presents an empirical investigation to determine the factors influencing the performance of the incentive polities of free trade zones in Iran. The study designs a questionnaire consists of 34 questions. Cronbach alpha is equal to 0.809, which is well above the minimum acceptable level. In addition, Bartlett's Test of Sphericity yields a Chi-Square value of 2392.31 with Sig. = 0.000. Using principal component analysis with rotation, the study has detected six important factors influencing on development of free trade zones including government support, financial capability, development strategy, product competition, infrastructure and consultation services.

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Barriers to establish e-business for developing tourism industry: A case study of Kish Island

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The emergence of cruise tourism in Iran

The emergence of cruise tourism in Iran

Barriers to establish e-business for developing tourism industry: A case study of Kish Island

Identification and ranking the factors influencing the performance of the incentive policies of free trade zones

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