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The difference of expert opinion on the forest-based ecotourism development in developed countries and Iran

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  • Yekani Motlagh, Elgar
  • Hajjarian, Marzieh
  • Hossein Zadeh, Omid
  • Alijanpour, Ahmad

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Ecotourism development in a forest area includes many positive and negative aspects and requires a comprehensive study that can consider all simultaneously. Because of the inner and outer dependence or feedback links between the criteria in this research, the Analytical Network Process (ANP) based on the BOCR Model was used. Decision making and planning for the development of ecotourism is influenced by the attitude of experts towards development impacts. The question of this research was whether due to different environmental conditions in Iran, is it appropriate to follow ecotourism development patterns of developed countries? Given the different forest conditions in Iran, the weights of decision-making criteria for ecotourism development was significantly different for experts from Iran and developed countries. Weight difference for five sub-criteria, ECB2, ECB3, SOB4, ENC4 and, ENR2 were not significant, but for the rest of the sub-criteria were significant at 1% level. The results of comparing the mean weight values of the alternatives with an independent t-test indicated the difference was significant at 1% level. According to experts of the developed countries, ecotourism development with a weight of 0.927 and according to experts of Iran with a weight of 0.531 was prioritized.

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  • Yekani Motlagh, Elgar & Hajjarian, Marzieh & Hossein Zadeh, Omid & Alijanpour, Ahmad, 2020. "The difference of expert opinion on the forest-based ecotourism development in developed countries and Iran," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:lauspo:v:94:y:2020:i:c:s0264837719313729
    DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104549
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