Department of Economics, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University,
Abstract
As one of the largest and cleanest industries, tourism has a prominent status in todayís world. Cultural and natural tourism as two major subfields of tourism may open new windows for societies to better understanding each other. The main objective of this research is to examine the role of culture and nature on tourism industry in selected OIC member states. The variables of terrestrial and marine protected areas, forest area, tourism per capita income, per capita GDP and number of international tourists arrival are used to construct an empirical model. A research gravity model has been estimated using panel data technique for eight selected countries for the period of 1995-2012. The findings indicate positive and significant effect of marine protected areas, terrestrial protected areas, forest area and per capita GDP on the tourism industry, while tourism per capita income leaves negative and significant impact on the industry.
Bakhtiary,S. , Torabi,A. and Sajjadieh Khajouei,F. (2014). Natural and Cultural Tourism in Selected Member Countries Of The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). Social Studies in Tourism, 2(4), 91-110.
MLA
Bakhtiary,S. , , Torabi,A. , and Sajjadieh Khajouei,F. . "Natural and Cultural Tourism in Selected Member Countries Of The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC)", Social Studies in Tourism, 2, 4, 2014, 91-110.
HARVARD
Bakhtiary S., Torabi A., Sajjadieh Khajouei F. (2014). 'Natural and Cultural Tourism in Selected Member Countries Of The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC)', Social Studies in Tourism, 2(4), pp. 91-110.
CHICAGO
S. Bakhtiary, A. Torabi and F. Sajjadieh Khajouei, "Natural and Cultural Tourism in Selected Member Countries Of The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC)," Social Studies in Tourism, 2 4 (2014): 91-110,
VANCOUVER
Bakhtiary S., Torabi A., Sajjadieh Khajouei F. Natural and Cultural Tourism in Selected Member Countries Of The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). Social Studies in Tourism, 2014; 2(4): 91-110.