Formulation of desired pattern regarding to environmental policy making in the context of green tourism

Tourism is one of the flexible and dynamic industries that has different dimensions and types. Green tourism is one of the most important types that many countries pay special attention to today. One of the dimensions that can be fruitful in the direction of green tourism is the field of environmental policy making. This scientific and executive field, which is carried out in line with environmental protection measures and activities, can create favorable consequences for communities. The main purpose of this study is formulation of environmental policy making desired pattern in the context of green tourism, which uses a mixed method to investigate the issue. The approach used in this method is a partially mixed sequential dominant status design approach that is done in three phases: qualitative-qualitative-quantitative. In this research, three methods of "focus group-grounded theory-survey" have been used to formulate and confirm the model, respectively.