An analysis of good urban and regional governance on sustainable tourism income (Case study: Birjand city)

Document Type : Original Research Articles

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran

2 Ph.D. student in Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Humanities, Zahedan Islamic Azad University, Iran

3 Lecturer, University of Applied Science and Technology, Birjand, Iran

Abstract

Today, tourism as one of the sources of income and creating employment at the local level can be an approach for economic development and play a potential role in the local and indigenous economy. The development of tourism activities leads to the creation of foreign exchange income, an increase in income, and employment in the host country. Various strategies have been proposed to increase sustainable urban incomes and one of these strategies is good city governance in order to achieve sustainable city income. Good city governance has a great role in providing the possibility of increasing tourism. The aim of this research is to An analysis of good urban and regional governance on sustainable tourism income in Birjand City. The statistical population of the research was experts and experts in this field in 2022. The research is of descriptive and analytical type and the required information was collected in library and field method (through questionnaire) and analyzed by applying a structural equation model and using SPSS and Amos software. The dimensions of governance have been examined in the form of six components public participation, coordination between institutions, strategic and strategic view, responsibility and accountability, transparency, effectiveness, and efficiency. The results of the research showed that all the governance components of sustainable tourism revenues are effective, the most impact is related to the dimension of effectiveness and efficiency.

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Geography and Regional Future Studies
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
Summer
July 2023
Pages 67-81

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