دراسة استكشافية لمحفظة إدراك المواطن و اتجاهاته نحو آثار السياحة و التنمية السياحية و التخطيط المستدام لها في إقليم كوردستان-العراق

Abstract EN

This study seeks to assess the attitudes of citizens and to benefit from their ideas, so as to help determine the fundamentals of policy planning for the sustainable development of tourism by studying and analyzing the portfolio of citizens’ perceptions and attitudes towards the effects of tourism and the support of tourism development in the Governorate of Erbil as a model research.

The data was collected by using a questionnaire in sample of 417 participants.

The results have shown that the respondents’ attitudes towards the overall impact of tourism were positive and that they support tourism development in all its economic, social and cultural aspects.

The results have also shown that the respondents had different attitudes with respect to environmental impacts and that the influence of personal benefit affects the citizens’ perception of the impact of tourism as well as their attitudes towards the future of tourism development.

The research presented useful recommendations for future planning for tourism development in Erbil.