The role of Tourism clusters on regional competitiveness ( Case study: Religious tourism cluster of Qom)

As a novel idea for discussion on the role of industrial development on regional development, the term “cluster” became noteworthy since 90’s in order to increase competitiveness. Territorial development researchers believe that formation of regional industrial clusters improves competitiveness and...

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Main Authors: Abolfazl Moarefi, Arash Sadri, Hadi Gholami Norabad, behzad saeidi
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Published: Kharazmi University 2022-12-01
Series:تحقیقات کاربردی علوم جغرافیایی
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Online Access:http://jgs.khu.ac.ir/article-1-3454-en.pdf
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Arash Sadri
Hadi Gholami Norabad
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description As a novel idea for discussion on the role of industrial development on regional development, the term “cluster” became noteworthy since 90’s in order to increase competitiveness. Territorial development researchers believe that formation of regional industrial clusters improves competitiveness and plays a role in promoting competitive advantages and regional development. Hence, because of the possibility of realization of competitive advantage, Tourism clusters became a focal point for research and policy making. Against this background, the purpose of this research is to analyze and review the role of industrial clusters on development of regional competitiveness and assumes that the higher number of relations in an industrial cluster leads to higher level of regional competitiveness. The research applies descriptive-analytical research method and utilizes questionnaire to collect data. The data was studied by SPSS and Lisrel software packs after approval of validity and reliability of data. Findings corroborate the relation between higher number of relations in industrial clusters with higher level of regional competitiveness and also identifies the contributing factors to development and stimulation of regional development which are ranked by the order of their effect as follows: 1. Social relations, 2. Geographic and location relations, 3. Economic relations, and 4. Institutional relations.
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spelling doaj-art-1ec848e7ec2044aea3b1ee21493854172025-01-31T17:29:34ZfasKharazmi Universityتحقیقات کاربردی علوم جغرافیایی2228-77362588-51382022-12-012267153170The role of Tourism clusters on regional competitiveness ( Case study: Religious tourism cluster of Qom)Abolfazl Moarefi0Arash Sadri1Hadi Gholami Norabad2behzad saeidi3 Master of Geography and Urban Planning, Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran Department of Architecture and Urban Development, Technical University, Tehran, Iran Graduate student of Tehran University of Technology Affairs Masters Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Najaf Abad Department As a novel idea for discussion on the role of industrial development on regional development, the term “cluster” became noteworthy since 90’s in order to increase competitiveness. Territorial development researchers believe that formation of regional industrial clusters improves competitiveness and plays a role in promoting competitive advantages and regional development. Hence, because of the possibility of realization of competitive advantage, Tourism clusters became a focal point for research and policy making. Against this background, the purpose of this research is to analyze and review the role of industrial clusters on development of regional competitiveness and assumes that the higher number of relations in an industrial cluster leads to higher level of regional competitiveness. The research applies descriptive-analytical research method and utilizes questionnaire to collect data. The data was studied by SPSS and Lisrel software packs after approval of validity and reliability of data. Findings corroborate the relation between higher number of relations in industrial clusters with higher level of regional competitiveness and also identifies the contributing factors to development and stimulation of regional development which are ranked by the order of their effect as follows: 1. Social relations, 2. Geographic and location relations, 3. Economic relations, and 4. Institutional relations.http://jgs.khu.ac.ir/article-1-3454-en.pdftourism clustersregional competitivenessfactor analysisqom tourism cluster
spellingShingle Abolfazl Moarefi
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The role of Tourism clusters on regional competitiveness ( Case study: Religious tourism cluster of Qom)
تحقیقات کاربردی علوم جغرافیایی
tourism clusters
regional competitiveness
factor analysis
qom tourism cluster
title The role of Tourism clusters on regional competitiveness ( Case study: Religious tourism cluster of Qom)
title_full The role of Tourism clusters on regional competitiveness ( Case study: Religious tourism cluster of Qom)
title_fullStr The role of Tourism clusters on regional competitiveness ( Case study: Religious tourism cluster of Qom)
title_full_unstemmed The role of Tourism clusters on regional competitiveness ( Case study: Religious tourism cluster of Qom)
title_short The role of Tourism clusters on regional competitiveness ( Case study: Religious tourism cluster of Qom)
title_sort role of tourism clusters on regional competitiveness case study religious tourism cluster of qom
topic tourism clusters
regional competitiveness
factor analysis
qom tourism cluster
url http://jgs.khu.ac.ir/article-1-3454-en.pdf
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