Ghetto Tourism: An Opportunity for Promoting Rural Tourism (Case Study: Isfahan Province)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Neda Torabi Farsani ¹
• Homa Moazzen Jamshidi ²

¹ Art Unversity of Isfahan

² Art University of Isfahan

10.22067/jrrp.v9i4.86875

Abstract

Purpose- The present study focuses on introducing ghetto tourism; the main objective of this study is to introduce some villages in Isfahan Province as ghetto tourism destinations with emphasis on religious minorities. Since the emergence of niche tourism needs the study of its place, the present study is designed to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Isfahan Province for the prosperity of ghetto tourism.
Design/methodology/approach-To this end, SWOT and QSPM methods were used in this study. It is noteworthy that the data were collected through snowball sampling technique. The results of this study illustrate that Isfahan Province is strategically located in the aggressive area due to the internal and external factors affecting ghetto tourism, and strategies such as market development, concentric diversification, market penetration and product development can be used to boost rural tourism in Isfahan Province.
Finding- According to QSPM results, it can be concluded that holding more conferences regarding the cultural bridge of Iran-Armenia-Georgia among the market development strategies, organizing the festival of culture of minorities among the concentric diversificationstrategies, and holding a tour of visiting the ghetto villages of Isfahan among the market penetration strategies have the highest priority for ghetto tourism development in Isfahan. And the proposed strategies do not differ much in terms of priority and attractiveness for product development.

Keywords

• Tourism
• Ghetto tourism
• Rural tourism
• Isfahan Province

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