Economic Development with Creative Tourism Reflection of Iran’s Facts

Abstract

This study is about creative tourism on a global scale and analyzes a local handicraft industry. These are questions, which this article responses: Is it possible to develop the creative tourism with the help of qualitative and quantitative improvements of handicrafts? How could Iran acquire a greater share in the global tourism? Thus, the purpose of this research is to find a procedure for increasing Iran's share of global tourism. The study assumes that Iran with the help of its tourism resources' advantages can make socioeconomic development. The method of this applied research is an analytic one, which uses statistical techniques. First, this method supplies a theoretical foundation to answer the above-mentioned questions. Then, this research assesses the validity of the theories and assumptions with the help of a case study in Shiraz city. Finally, the study presents its outcomes. The results show that if we solve the problems related to the processes of handicraft productions, the creative tourism industry will bloom, and Iran gains a greater share of the industry. The procedures to develop the creative tourism that this paper presents are feasible to similar cities everywhere.

Tourism Enterprises Marketing Management and Upgrading Situation of Tourist Sites to Achieve Sustainable Regional Economic Development

“…[17] addressed in Serbian tourism marketing [17]. Some tourists are even interested in creative tourism activities, as Shahraki stated in analyzing Shiraz's tourist city in Iran [18] and as Butler demonstrated in praising alternative tourism [19].…”