The Identifying and Analyzing of Kurdistan’s War Tourists Motivations

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Expansion and durability of different types of tourism, including war tourism as a new Kind of diverse tourism industry, depends on meeting the needs and motivations of tourists that with creating demand attract them to their destination. In order to achieve this, primarily it is need the feasibility studies for identifying the motives in tourist destinations done, after achieving this, tried to meet them. The importance of such measures, especially in tourism war, is crucial. This Applied research is also a mix of both qualitative and quantitative methods that In order to achieve this objective, descriptive - analytic method used. In the qualitative section by using semi-structured qualitative interviews with tourists to identify their motives and then the interviews with the fundamental theory technique analyzed. In the quantitative section, a random sampling of 400 tourists selected by distributing a questionnaire with the method of Cochran from among about 360 thousand visitors to the tourism destinations of Kurdistan. Consequently, Data collected and tested. The analysis of data from questionnaires by utilizing structural modeling software LISREL showed that the most important motivations of tourists in 41 conceptions and 10 categories including Motivation, learning, publishing and reminding, attractions, curiosity, nostalgia and celebration, nationalist self-actualization ideology and religious belief, relaxation and fun. Finally, two central issues and the main aspect of tensile and compressive motivations, which identified and classified in qualitative section have an effect relationship with the factors and their related structures. The nationalist motives in section of compressive and visiting motivations in tensile section have had the greatest impact on guidance and creating tourism demand to Kurdistan’s war tourist destinations. which identified and classified in qualitative section have an effect relationship with the factors and their related structures. The nationalist motives in section of compressive and visiting motivations in tensile section have had the greatest impact on guidance and creating tourism demand to Kurdistan’s war tourist destinations.which identified and classified in qualitative section have an effect relationship with the factors and their related structures. The nationalist motives in section of compressive and visiting motivations in tensile section have had the greatest impact on guidance and creating tourism demand to Kurdistan’s war tourist destinations.

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