Journal of Tourism and Development

Journal of Tourism and Development

Explaining the consequences of the corona(covid-19) crisis on the elements of urban tourism Case study: Ardabil city

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD student, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/jtd.2024.440477.2889
Abstract
The city as a dynamic and complex system that is affected by many factors. In the meantime, urban tourism in Ardabil as a sub-system of this complex system on which the immediate and widespread crisis (Corona (Covid 19)) It has messed up its order and continuity and challenged the entire sub-system. The aim of the current research is to identify and evaluate the effectiveness of the elements and structures of urban tourism in Ardabil from the Corona crisis (Covid-19) in terms of time (before and after) in the city of Ardabil. The logical approach governing the research is the inductive-deductive approach. This research is cognitive-applicative in terms of purpose and post-event analysis in terms of nature and method. The findings and results showed that the urban tourism elements of Ardabil; Before and after the Corona (Covid-19) period, it underwent changes due to the arrival of the Corona crisis (Covid-19) and showed a significant difference between the primary elements in the two periods. The analysis of secondary elements showed that the highest importance and rank for the period during and after Corona (Covid-19), respectively, includes the access status to guesthouses and hotels, etc., which is different from the period before Corona (Covid-19). The simulation of cause-disability relationships showed that there are two rings R1 and R2 in the urban tourism model of Ardabil, which have decreasing and increasing effects and also revealed a mediating and mediating process on the primary and secondary elements.
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