Analysis of the Role of Tourism of Second Homes in the Physical-spatial changes of Villages of the purpose of tourism in the east of Gilan province

Tourism is the second homes of one of the patterns of tourism development in rural areas that has been purchased or built for recreational purposes and has various impacts, including physical-spatial effects in the villages. The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of tourism in second homes in the physical-spatial changes of villages of the tourism destination villages of East of Guilan province in the last decade (2006 -
2016). The methodology of this study is descriptive-analytic. Most of the data has been conducted based on field studies. The results show that the recent development of second homes in the physical space, although leads to positive effects and impacts such as renovation of buildings and improvement of the village structure, the use of long-term
materials in construction, the reduction of abandoned and unused land for the construction of second homes, improvement of plants and equipment of the village in these villages, but have had the negative effects and impacts such as alteration and degradation of agricultural lands, land use change, disturbing and destroying the village landscape, and changing the pattern of housing. .. . Based on the findings of the research, in 2016, the number of 169 second homes has been constructed in the villages of the study area, which had a growth of 110. 6% in comparison with the 2006, and in this regard, the villages of Anbarsar and Balarood with 55 and 42 second homes, respectively, have the maximum second homes among villages as well as the maximum land use changes in the last decade has occurred in Hassan Sara (56. 6 hectares) and Anbarsar (22. 3 hectares), respectively.