Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Esmaeil Pishbahar ¹
• Rogaye Parcham ²
• Hossin Yadavar ³

¹ Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Tabriz University

² Ph.D. student of agricultural management, Tabriz University

³ Assistant Professor, Tabriz University

Abstract

This study was performed to investigate the influence of different types of tourism in Aras Free Zone (AFZ). The tool of this research is questioner that data were collected by simple random sampling from 70 tourists and it have been analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach. The results indicate that there is the correlation between ecotourism and historical tourism. In the other words, an increase in historical tourism increases the ecotourism and vice versa. For increase, historical tourism must increase satisfaction of historical attractions of "Chopan churches", "Caravanserai of KhwajaNazar". For increase, the ecotourism must increase satisfaction of the natural attractions of the "Aras", "Mill Ruins", Villages Ashtbyn", "Plain Gordian" and "Plain Aynalo". The increase of satisfaction of tourists of village "Ashtbyn", satisfaction of tourists from "Holy Muhammad Agha" increases. The only factor affecting the on trade tourism is the satisfaction of variety of goods or in other words to increase the satisfaction of trade tourism must increase the variety of goods. Therefore, restoration of historic and religious buildings and development projects, business tourism, natural and historical and policies encouraging exports and imports in Aras Free Zone is proposed

Keywords

• Ecotourism
• Religious tourism
• historical tourism
• trade tourism Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
• Aras Free Zone

Main Subjects

• Geotourism