Abstract :
The Post-war changes of the world include urbnization, environmental pollution in cities and also increase of leisure times that have led to expansion of rural tourism, particulary second home tourism. In subsequent decades the tourism has been introduced as a tool for rural tourism. In this field, specialists have tried by various approches and strategies to highlit the role of tourism in rural development.
The aim of this parer is the recognition and analysis of impacts and sequences of tourism and second homes ownership in northern rural areas of Tehran in the environmental, economic and social dimensions.
The results of the study indicates That the opportunities of tourism in this area have not been used to provide the leisure needs of Tehran citizens on one hand, and inadequate rennovation of economic and social of rural areas in the other hand is due to lack of planning and weakness in management. Instead, the threats of tourism have prover to be true in this area and have caused undesirable impacts such as the pollution of water resources, degradation of natural landscape, change of agriculture land use, emigration, increase in regession of agriculture activities and social duality.
With regards to these conditions, the planning and effective management of tourism activities is necessary to provide sustainable rural tourism.
Key words: rural tourism, second homes, Tourism effects, Tehran.
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