1st Edition

Tourism in Iran Challenges, Development and Issues

Edited By Siamak Seyfi, C. Michael Hall Copyright 2019
264 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Iran has long been regarded as an international pariah state in some parts of the international community. However, its negative image in many countries disguises its history of tourism and rich cultural and natural heritage. Following the July 2015 nuclear deal and the reduction in sanctions, Iran is focusing on international tourism as a means to generate economic growth in addition to its... Read more

Chapter 1 Tourism in Iran: An Introduction

Siamak Seyfi and C. Michael Hall

Chapter 2 Domestic Tourism in Iran: Development, Directions and Issues

Siamak Seyfi, Adel Nikjoo & Mohammad Sharifi

Chapter 3 Sanctions, The 2015 Agreement and Iran’s Tourism Industry

Zahed Ghaderi, Sahar Soltani, Joan Henderson and Afsaneh Zareei

Chapter 4 Pilgrimage Tourism in Iran

Mahmood Ziaei & Somayeh Amiri

Chapter 5 The Mutual Relationship Between Women’s Pilgrimage Tourism and the Religious City: A Case Study of Mashhad, Iran

Nina Khamsy and Fatemeh Vossughi

Chapter 6 Mass Faith Tourism and Life Satisfaction of Residents: Evidence from Mashhad, Iran

Hossein GT Olya

Chapter 7 Cultural Heritage Management and Heritage Tourism Development in Iran: Opportunities and Challenges for the Future

F. Carbone, A. Malek & A. Lohrasbi

Chapter 8 Residents’ Perceptions Towards Heritage Tourism Development: The Case of the Historical City of Kashan, Iran

S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh and Hamid Ataeishad

Chapter 9 The Role of Socio-Cultural Events in Rebuilding Iran’s Image

Bardia Shabani and Hazel Tucker

Chapter 10 Food and Tourism in Iran

Amir Sayadabdi and Saman Hassibi

Chapter 11 Tourism and the Empowerment of Women in Iran

Banafsheh Farahani and Hamideh Dabbaghi

Chapter 12 Participatory Tourism Development in Iran: Implementing Community Based Tourism within a Migrating Nomadic Tribe

Fereshteh Fazel and Najmeh Hassanali

Chapter 13 Effects of Perceived Quality and Trust on Behavioural Intentions: An Empirical Study of Health Tourists in Mashhad, Iran

Shiva Hashemi, Masoumeh Tavangar, Azizan Marzuki, Moji Shahvali

Chapter 14 The Future(s) of Tourism in Iran

C. Michael Hall and Siamak Seyfi

Biography

Siamak Seyfi is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Geography at the University of Pantheon-Sorbonne, France. Using primarily qualitative and mixed methods his research interests are sustainable tourism, community development, political ecology and tourism, power and the environment.

C. Michael Hall is a Professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Docent, Department of Geography, University of Oulu, Finland; and Visiting Professor, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden. He has published widely on tourism, regional development and global environmental change.