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The Study and Analysis of Inequality in the Distribution of Urban Tourism Infrastructures Case Study: East Azerbaijan Province
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| The purpose of this study is assessment and analysis of inequality in the distribution of urban tourism infrastructures in East Azerbaijan Province by SAW technique, Pearson’s coefficient SKEWNESS, Pearson’s coefficient correlation and ZIPF size–rank law. Indicators of the study contains (1) accommodations and Hotel, (2) the catering units and restaurants, (3) recreational places (including museums, cinemas, theaters and exhibitions), (4) food serving stops (fast food, etc.), (5) travel agencies, (6) tourism sample region, (7) public transportation, (8) commercial companies and cooperatives and (9) public parks. The results indicated there is an obvious difference between counties of East Azerbaijan province based on the urban tourism infrastructures, so Tabriz County with 0.996 takes the first rank and Khdaafrin with 24 English Abstracts 0.003 takes the last rank and distribution of urban tourism infrastructures in East Azerbaijan Province is asymmetric with positive skewness. Pearson’s coefficient correlation showed direct relationship between the distribution of population and urban tourism infrastructures with 0.994 in East Azerbaijan Province. However, enormous inequality in the distribution of population and urban tourism infrastructures according to the ZIPF size– rank law has observed between the counties of East Azerbaijan Province. |
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| Keywords: Inequality, Urban Tourism Infrastructures, SAW Technique and ZIPF size – rank, East Azerbaijan Province. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2015/05/28 | Accepted: 2015/05/28 | Published: 2015/05/28
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