The Impact of Sanctions on Iran's Tourism
Banafsheh
Farahani
Lecturer of Tourism Management, Maziar University
author
Maryam
Shabani
Maziar University
author
text
article
2014
eng
Nowadays countries such as Iran, have been suffering from sanctions and economic crisis, which affect many industries of the country. The tourism industry is a section that has been influenced by different sensations. In this paper, the authors look at the sanctions and their impacts in general and tourism in particular in order to review the potential impacts of sanction on international and national tourism. Desk research and macro analysis have been used in this paper. The results revealed a decrease in outbound tourists and increase in inbound and domestic visitors in recent years. In conclusion, sanctions against Iran have had both positive and negative effects on Iran's tourism. However, the revenue gained from the tourism industry is not as much as other industries in Iran such as oil and mine.
International Journal of Resistive Economics
Iranian Business Management Association
2345-4954
2
v.
1
no.
2014
1
12
https://www.oajre.ir/article_121955_40e9fbd1a53c5b626fb510b9bab643f6.pdf
Health Tourism Development; A Strategy to Deal with Sanctions (Case Study: Medical Tourism Development in Free Trade Zones of Iran)
Amir Hossein
Ghezelbash
Semnan University, Molavi St., Sadi Sq., Semnan, Iran
author
Seyed Mahdi
Seyed Abdollahi
Department of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
author
text
article
2014
eng
Iran has potential abilities in tourism industry development. But it is facing the challenges that could note the comprehensive sanctions of America and its allies among Security Council in prohibition of economic relation with Iran. On the one hand bank sanctions and applying foreign investment restrictions has brought damage to tourism industry and has lowered opportunity to benefit from the country's foreign exchange resources. But, rising exchange has caused impressive enhancing of purchasing power of foreign tourists, developing domestic tourism, cutting cost and raising tourism revenues of the country. Review of world health tourism condition shows that many of regional countries are using their health abilities including high quality and low cost health services to overcome on foreign threats such as economic sanctions. Iran's capabilities in medical sciences alongside suitable cost of health care and high success rate of special operating are confirmed high potent of country in developing medical tourism. Article outcomes shows Iran free trade zones because many incentives of investing, is a safe place of economic sanctions for developing medical tourism and strategy of health tourism development is need of using investment opportunities and incentives of free trade zones in medical tourism development.
International Journal of Resistive Economics
Iranian Business Management Association
2345-4954
2
v.
1
no.
2014
13
30
https://www.oajre.ir/article_121956_5b79d15d174591402f01ffbefec0b5ca.pdf
Economic Sanctions and Political Cultures: The Relationship between the Sanctions and Variables Such As Human Rights, Consume Freedom and Political Life of the Host; (The Case Study: Iran)
Mahmoud
Alipour
University of Yazd, Iran.
author
Fatemeh
Seydi
Young Researchers and Elite Club, Ilam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran.
author
text
article
2014
eng
In international politics and Competition global power, to government control, and disposal of any threats to peace and security, Regulations imposed by the UN. One of the provisions is Chapter VII of the UN Chapter. According to this Chapter, the UN Security Council can perform the necessary actions to implement it. One of this Actions is Stopping all or part of the government's economic relations, That under Economic sanctions be checked.in the first place, Economic sanctions are used in order to control or Undermine the state's economic and Pushing its to Changes in domestic and international politics. In the current era, The aim of sanctions is Changing political regimes. But It can be more accurate, is changed Heterogeneous political culture against with The dominant International Culture. For example, Economic sanctions that be Applies by United States of America Against Iran and Different economic systems. Iran enjoys a different political culture and Iran's economic system Is not In the framework of the capitalist economy; As a Dominant culture on a global hawks. Currently this point there is that, The One component new and stable of human rights is respect for differences, interests and different political cultures. But what is clear is that the national interests of the great powers of capitalism, is incompatible with different political cultures. Hence the capitalism have a capabilities of growth in an own particular culture. Thus sanctions are primarily a tool to stop opposing political culture. But what exists in sanctions against Iran and the own specific political and cultural, specific Definition of Consume freedom and political life, that, On the one, have following Failure of the sanctions in some cases, On the other hand, has triggered specific definition of the resistance of the economy.
International Journal of Resistive Economics
Iranian Business Management Association
2345-4954
2
v.
1
no.
2014
31
45
https://www.oajre.ir/article_121957_4ea3d48b165925523cc6e9d0b6caa84a.pdf