Modeling, evaluation, and zoning of Marivan county ecotourism potential using fuzzy logic, FAHP, and TOPSIS

Balist, Jahanbakhsh; Heydarzadeh, Hamideh; Salehi, Esmail

doi:10.5937/gp23-18879

Cited by 14 publications

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“…Thus, environmental responsibility in tourism refers to responsible travel, which is especially carried out towards some natural protected conservation areas . Recent studies have researched the ecotourism potential and zoning, nature protection and sustainable tourism interaction as well as residents' perceptions towards protected areas and ecotourism (Balist et al, 2019;Carvache-Franco et al, 2018;Carvache-Franco et al, 2020;Jojić et al, 2018;Šiljeg et al, 2019;Stojanović et al, 2018).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The perceived value in ecotourism related to satisfaction and loyalty: A study from Costa Rica

Carvache‐Franco¹,

Pérez-Orozco²,

Carvache‐Franco³

et al. 2020

Geographica Pannonica

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Ecotourism allows activities in contact with nature in protected natural areas to contribute to environmental care. This study seeks to establish the dimensions of perceived value in ecotourism and analyze its relationship with satisfaction and loyalty. It was an in situ research carried out in two protected areas of Costa Rica: Arenal National Park and Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge. The sample consisted of 310 surveys for domestic and foreign tourists. The data were interpreted through a factorial analysis to identify the dimensions that make up the perceived value. Also, Spearman's correlation technique and the stepwise multiple regression method were used to find the relationships among the variables. The findings show that there are three dimensions of perceived value: economic-functional, emotional, and social. Overall satisfaction and loyalty had a high average score, and the dimensions found are significantly and positively related to overall satisfaction. The "economic-functional value" dimension has a greater influence on overall satisfaction, and the "emotional value" dimension is the most significant predictor of the intentions to return, recommend, and say positive things about the ecotourism destination.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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The perceived value in ecotourism related to satisfaction and loyalty: A study from Costa Rica

Carvache‐Franco¹,

Pérez-Orozco²,

Carvache‐Franco³

et al. 2020

Geographica Pannonica

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“… Balist et al, (2019) developed ecotourism in Marivan, Iran. They claimed that although Marivan has a lot of ecotourism potential, it is not in its right position.…”

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confidence: 99%

Recovery solutions for ecotourism centers during the Covid-19 pandemic: Utilizing Fuzzy DEMATEL and Fuzzy VIKOR methods

Hosseini

Paydar

Hajiaghaei–Keshteli

2021

Expert Systems with Applications

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Obviously, the Covid-19 pandemic has huge impact on most businesses and has caused serious and countless problems for them. Therefore, providing solutions for affected businesses to recover and improve their activities during pandemic times is inevitable. In this regard, ecotourism centers are one of the businesses that went through this problem and have faced significant dilemmas in their activities. Also, reportedly, there is no related research focusing on the recovery approaches to address these obstacles relating to these kinds of businesses during the pandemic. Therefore, all of these exhorted us to do the current research. In this paper, some practical and useful action plans for ecotourism centers are firstly developed to help these businesses. To obtain the action plans, some brainstorming sessions were held consisting of tourism experts, university professors, managers, owners, and some personnel of eco-tourism centers. In order to prioritize the defined action plans, four criteria are considered. Firstly, we compute the weights of the considered criteria by the Fuzzy DEMATEL and then they are prioritized using the Fuzzy VIKOR. The findings of the current study divulge that the AP2 “Standardization of the centers” and AP3 “Estimating demand number and increasing the capacity” and AP7 “Identifying other natural tourist attractions of the region” have the highest and lowest priority to be implemented.

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“…Flowerdew and Green (1993) made a pioneering attempt to review several weighted overlay procedures and recommend using the weighted linear technique to merge several rasters in space. In recent times, Aliani et al (2017), Masoudi et al (2021), Balist et al (2019), Zabihi et al (2020), Jokar et al (2020), Boers and Cottrel (2007), Taye et al (2019) also recommend using the weighted linear procedure to merge or group several indicators within a specific parameter. Simultaneously, GIS can effectively manage, store, and visualize the geospatial data, which is recognized as a handy tool (Irizary et al, 2013;Musa et al, 2013).…”

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Ecotourism Potential Zone Mapping by Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Weighted Linear Algorithm: A Study on West Bengal, India

Raha

Mondal²,

Gayen

2021

J Geographical Studies

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This study was designed to demarcate the Ecotourism Potential Zones (ETPZs) of West Bengal using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and weighted linear algorithm by considering three sustainable tourism parameters and sixteen indicators. Those three parameters are 1) physical (P), 2) social (S), and 3) availability of scenic beauty and infrastructures (ASI). Overall, 5 parameters are merged under physical (P), 2 parameters are integrated under social (S), and 9 parameters are incorporated under availability of scenic beauty and infrastructures (ASI). A 4-step procedure has been adopted for this study: 1) a simple hierarchical structure has been outlined, 2) pair-wise comparison matrices are formed, 3) weighted linear algorithm technique is utilized to get the ecotourism potentiality zone, and 4) ecotourism potentiality map is classified into high, moderate and low categories based on the principle of Dominant and Distinctive Function (DDF). As a result, about 61.65% area is identified with high ecotourism potential zone, 17.86% area is observed under the moderate ecotourism potential zone, and 20.48% area is recognized as the low ecotourism potential zone. Thus, the study considers an exceptional methodological framework that is applicable in any region of the world.

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Modeling, evaluation, and zoning of Marivan county ecotourism potential using fuzzy logic, FAHP, and TOPSIS

Cited by 14 publications

References 36 publications

The perceived value in ecotourism related to satisfaction and loyalty: A study from Costa Rica

The perceived value in ecotourism related to satisfaction and loyalty: A study from Costa Rica

Recovery solutions for ecotourism centers during the Covid-19 pandemic: Utilizing Fuzzy DEMATEL and Fuzzy VIKOR methods

Ecotourism Potential Zone Mapping by Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Weighted Linear Algorithm: A Study on West Bengal, India

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