The Safety and Physical Security in Tourism Spaces of the Border Areas
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https://doi.org/10.52547/ijimes.1.4.50DOR:
https://dorl.net/dor/20.1001.1.27832678.2021.1.4.5.1Keywords:
Physical Security, Tourists Safety, Varzgan, Border Areas, Promethean TechniqueAbstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify and define the physical factors affecting the security of Chichaklu, Gulakhor, Hamamlu, Zarabad Dam and Joushin castle as a tourism destination in Varzaghan border area, as well as the analysis of the relationship between their physical factors in Varzaghan and various aspects of tourism security.
Methodology: According to sample size formula, the sample size of this study is 268 internal and external tourists entering to the three tourism areas discussed. In this research, according to the research indicators, the Promethean Ranking technique was used in the tourists' physical security and for analysis of it, the version 1.4 of Promethee software was used.
Findings: According to the analysis of this technique and the graphs and numbers obtained from these analyzes, and given the positive flow, it can be seen that Zarabad Tourist Camp with the most positive flow is 0.6553. Hamamlu area with a positive flow of 0.2850 has the lowest level of physical security among target areas.
Originality/Value: This article is confirmed by Tarlow, 2014; Santos et al, 2017; Albakutherk23, & McElroy, 2011; Marcu 2015; Konrad, 2015; Vázquez, 2015 studies.
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