A Viewpoint toward Second Houses in Rural Regions of Iran: Situations and Problems

Year 2019, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 1 - 15, 01.01.2019

Farhood Golmohammadi

Abstract

Some consider second
home development as a result of fundamental changes in industrial societies
that led to higher incomes, fewer working hours and longer leisure times. It is
recognized that the growth of the tourism industry is critical for the
sustainable development of the Iranian economy. This is particularly true in
the rural areas where employment opportunities are reducing and traditional
employment levels in agriculture are in decline. While seeking to ensure that
most tourism developments with associated accommodation facilities are located
in or close to towns or villages or on tourism zoned lands. Rural areas have long
been seen and used as appropriate locations for recreation and tourism
activities. However, the restructuring of rural areas and population loss from
many areas has meant that tourism as also assumed greater economic and
employment importance in many rural and peripheral regions. Second homes are an
integral though often neglected component of domestic and international tourism
mobility. In many areas of the world second homes, also referred to as vacation
homes, cottages, summer houses, recreation homes, cribs and weekend homes, are
the destination of a substantial proportion of domestic and international
travelers while the number of available bed nights in a second homes often
rivals or even exceeds that available in the formal accommodation sector. This
article is going to know the influential factor and its effects on development
of rural housing and tourism in a selected area which has been used as case
study bed on main locations of doing this research namely South Khorasan
province in east of Iran and beside borders of Afghanistan, and Chaharmahal and
Bakhtiari province in south west of Iran. For this purpose, the factors
effective on development process of rural housing have been identified by using
the existing resources such as theories, internal experiences and experiences
of other countries. Choosing the samples of villages has been followed
purposive (non-probabilistic) method. Final factors analyzed in the study areas
and measuring components of each factor have been introduced. Author in this
research found that there is a huge amount of potential for extending rural
tourism and second houses in order to accessing sustainable development,
increasing well-being and creating job opportunities in these touristy rural
regions of Iran.

Keywords

Second houses, Tourism, Rural, Effects, Development, Sustainable, Iran

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