The Effect of Social Responsibility on Sustainable Tourism Support in Sarein city

The purpose of the present study is to explain the role of social responsibility in supporting sustainable tourism by mediating the benefits and costs of tourism from the perspective of the host community in Sarein. The purpose of this research is applied and the research method is questionnaire based survey. The statistical population of this study is inhabitants of Sarein city, 384 of them were selected as sample (available sampling method). Data analysis and hypothesis testing were performed by confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling using ordinary least squares (OLS) with SPSS and LISREL software. The results indicate that social responsibility has a significant and positive impact on perceived benefits and support for sustainable tourism, as well as perceived benefits on sustainable tourism support. Social responsibility also has a significant and negative effect on perceived costs. Finally, perceived benefits play a mediating role in the impact of social responsibility on sustainable tourism support;