چکیده:
The holy city of Mashhad, a city with a religious function - particularly pilgrimage has provided a suitable ground for religious tourism as one of the major forms of tourism. This, in turn, has provided potentials for cultural as well as urban economic dynamism. Costs of tourists, is one of the topics addressed in the economic process of tourism. In general, costs of a tourist include the cost of food, recreation, transport, accommodation, sightseeing, services, communication, etc. According to some case studies, normally more than 60 percent of the tourists’ costs are spent on accommodation. This study tries to find an answer to the question on, which of the above mentioned itemes do religious tourists in the city of Mashhad spend most. Base on the cross - application of attribution style methodology, field measurement and stay model, the required data were collected and analyzed. The results of the study indicated that most tourists in the city of Mashhad spent most on shopping While pervious studies indicate that more than 60 percent of the costs of tourists were spent on accommodation, this study indicates that the minimum cost was spent on accommodation. High costs of accommodation units, existence of veriety in the units, development of illegal acommodation units, and the annual income of the tourists are some possible reasons that could explain the behavior of the pilgrims.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The religious-cultural tourism of the city of Mashhad has special characteristics; such that its diverse and general-benefit functions, the voluntary and philanthropic participation of the people, and the attraction of various religious groups throughout the year, especially during special religious and ancient days and times leisure, has attracted a massive crowd of religious-cultural pilgrims and tourists from different economic sectors of society (Moameni et al.
In other words, 70 percent of the hotels are established within the old texture, which indicates the inclination of investors to build accommodation for hosting tourists with higher economic and financial structures and pilgrims from Muslim countries around the Razavi Shrine and inside the old texture (Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization of Khorasan Razavi Province, 2012; website of Asan Hotel Engineering Technical Company, 2012).
Income level, number of tourists, type of movement (caravan, family), and the duration of overnight stay in the holy city of Mashhad are influential factors in the pilgrims' choice regarding tourism costs, location, and type of accommodation units.
On the other hand, nearly 60 percent of pilgrims choose those types of accommodation units that, firstly, provide space for all family members or group members; and secondly, their cost per night of stay is less than 500 thousand Rials; therefore, attention should be paid to the behavioral patterns of tourists, which result from education level, residential geography, occupation, income level, travel characteristics, and so on.
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