Effects of Air Transportation on Tourism Growth: Iran as case study
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 9, Issue 10
Abstract
Tourism is a new study area which till 1990 few knowledge on it was observed while it is most a widespread service activity which is able to make role in improve public knowledge, further profit and international friendship as well as other industries. One of the effective factors on tourism development is air transportation. Regarding the importance of airports in mobility of passengers and dealing with economic, industry, tourism and so on affairs, it is necessary to survey role of airport and air transportation in accelerating tourism activities in city of Mashhad which is as a hub in Iranian religious tourism. Mashhad has high potential capacity in historical, religious and natural tourism that must be utilized. Approximately 25 million tourists visited Mashhad in 2014 which 8 million of them entered via airport and 1.5 million of the have been foreigners. Thus, in this research we investigate effect of air transportation on tourism growth in Mashhad by hierarchical process of AHP to priority processing of airport instruments in mobilization of tourists that by investigating 9 indices we ranked them as 0.64 for air transportation, 0.27 for railway transportation and 0.07 for overland roads.
Authors and Affiliations
Hengameh Mir Hosseini| Islamic Azad University, Zahedan Branch, Department of Geography, Zahedan, Iran, Gholamreza Miri| Islamic Azad University, Zahedan Branch, Department of Geography, Zahedan, Iran, email: Ghola_Reza_miri@yahoo.com, Maryam Karimian Bstani| Islamic Azad University, Zahedan Branch, Department of Geography, Zahedan, Iran
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