Evaluation of the impact of social capital on the development of health tourism with the mediating role of public safety feeling

The purpose of the current research is to evaluate the impact of social capital on the development of health tourism with the mediating role of the feeling of public safety. The current research is of applied type. The research method is descriptive -analytical. The statistical population of the study includes specialists and experts in the field of health tourism in Lorestan province in the number of 62 people, and the sample number was determined by the total census method. The research tool consists of a 55 -question questionnaire, which consists of 15, 15 and 25 questions in three main parts: sense of security, social capital and health tourism. The validity of the questionnaire was based on form and content, and the reliability of the whole questionnaire was confirmed based on Cronbach's alpha of 0.81. The collected data were analyzed based on structural equation analysis in PLS software. The results indicated that, in general, social capital had an effect on the development of health tourism with the mediating role of public safety feeling, and according to this, social capital had an effect on health tourism, social capital had an effect on public safety feeling, and public safety feeling had an effect on health tourism. Based on this, taking advantage of the participation of local people in the development of health tourism in Lorestan province, while creating public trust, becomes the basis for increasing social capital and ultimately security.