Sustainable Development of Rural Tourism Using a Poverty Reduction Approach (A Case Study of Bishe Village)

Tourism is a comprehensive activity that is very effective in social and economic development. On the other hand, tourism is designed to reduce poverty, to increase the net benefit of the poor from tourism, and ensure that tourism growth helps reduce poverty. This study has been compiled to plan sustainable tourism with emphasis on reducing poverty in Bisheh village, which is one of the areas with tourism potential in Khorramabad, which also uses the concepts of rural tourism. In cognition, documentary study methods and survey methods such as questionnaires have been used. The present study is descriptive-analytical. In cognition, documentary study methods and survey methods such as questionnaires have been used. In the questionnaire, indigenous people, officials, and tourists were asked for their opinions, and due to the low number of the statistical population, the theoretical saturation method was used to obtain the appropriate number of each sample. Strategic planning methods such as the QSPM matrix and SWOT table were used in the analysis. Also, based on the model resulting from the three types of tourism proposed in the study, six categories of tourist attractions, economic, socio-cultural, educational, environmental, and government by identifying, analyzing, and providing solutions mapped the path to achieve the goals. In the end, the research results showed that Bisheh village and Qamar villages can be connected through green infrastructure (green roads) and create a tourism complex and attract more tourists to the area, using the natural potentials and handicrafts of the village. Also, with the people’s participation in tourism-related activities, the poverty of the local people of this region will be reduced.