The effect of small scale projects (SGP/GEF UNDP) social-cultural changes on local communities. (Case study: Promotion of ecotourism ShibDeraz village- Qeshm Island)

The formation of the United Nations with the aim of establishing peace and international security for all countries had not the same efficacy¡ Therefore¡ the United Nations With the creation of some of the specialized agencies under your collection¡ Trying to remove the gap between countries¡ One of these organizations is the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ¡that its purpose is The development of developing countries through technical and financial assistance.To date¡ several projects have been carried out with the help of this organization in Iran¡ Such that it can be¡ Referred to¡ Promotion of ecotourism village of ShibDeraz Based on public participation¡ that in 2001 Was performed in ShibDeraz village and then continue the project in 2006 in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility small grants section (SGP¡ GEF)¡United Nations Development Programmed (UNDP) and Avaye Tabiate -Paydar Institute¡ Promotion of ecotourism in ShibDeraz village was carried out According to Hawksbill turtles laying Attractions that¡ Due to the many tourists travel to this area each year. Although¡ Tourism development can be economically useful for rural communities but cannot prevent the emergence of changes that will take society along with it.The presence of tourists in rural areas¡ will have many consequences. If these issues are not managed¡ the factor will be exchanged to destroy the traditions and culture of the region.Therefore¡ Learn more about of this changesand consequences¡ Pursuant to thePlacementTourism will be on the right track. In this research the impacts of the ecotourism promotion project on Social and cultural changes in local communitiesofShibDeraz village have been reviewed. In this research¡ Have been used from Indices leisure¡ speech patterns (accent)¡ housing (decoration¡ architecture¡ furniture)¡ to assess the social-cultural changes. The questionnaire and library studies have been used to collect the information and the chi-square test is used to check the assumptions. In accordance to the data collected from the questionnaire¡ it has been resulted that the implementation of the ecotourism promotion project in ShibDeraz village has been effective onThe changes in the components of speech patterns (accent)¡ leisure and housing (decoration¡ architecture¡ furniture).