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Art&Tur International Film Festival, Solo Exhibition, “A cultural interpretation: A Story of the Caldas Rainha”, Portugal (2023)

After a six-week artistic residency in Caldas da Rainha, the results of an artistic research project and paintings were exhibited in various locations around the city. The artist guided audiences to visit the identified places in Caldas da Rainha that hosted the exhibition “The Story of The City”. She interpreted her paintings which illustrate the

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Important Built-environmental Factors of Open Public Space

Important Built-environmental Factors of Open Public Space

M. Erfanian Salim and Osman Mohd Tahir Urban open public spaces are supposed to meet peoples’ needs in contemporary thinking of urban design. This study posits that urban design can meet users’ needs while identifying factors affecting these needs. Thus, the study clarifies the environmental factors as a part of these affecting factors and specifically

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Kish as a Small Island toward Sustainable Tourism

Kish as a Small Island toward Sustainable Tourism

M. Erfanian Salim and O. Mohd Tahir Small islands are often encouraged to balance their economic and environmental concerns toward sustainable tourism. Universal experience shows that sustainable tourism in small islands should take into account their individual characteristics. This paper investigates the quality of sustainable tourism in a small island, namely, Kish in the South

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Urban Open Public Space Good Opportunity for Sustainable Tourism in Small Islands

Urban Open Public Space Good Opportunity for Sustainable Tourism in Small Islands

Mona Erfanian Salim Today, tourism has an important role in the development of many Small Islands all over the world because of their economic dependency on tourism. The sustainable tourism has established in order to balance between the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of development in these Islands. This paper attempts to clarify that urban

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Tourism Motivation and Tourists’ Needs in Public Open Space (Case Study: Kish Island)

Mona Erfanian Salim and Osman Mohd Tahir In regarding to sustainable tourism principles, a tourism island is assumed to provide tourists’ needs in different aspects. “Thus, among the shorelines of the Island, public open spaces that contain a lot of tourists should meet tourists’ needs.” It needs to be more focused on contemporary thinking of

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Gender Affecting Tourists’ Needs for a Public Open Space

Gender Affecting Tourists’ Needs for a Public Open Space

Mona Erfanian Salim and Osman Mohd Tahir In contemporary urban thinking, public open spaces will be successful if respect their users’ needs. This study posits that in an island with tourist attractions, where users of urban open spaces are majorly tourists, these spaces are affected by numerous demographic factors and specifically clarify the factor of

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Tourism Motivation and Tourists' Needs in Public Open Space

Tourism Motivation and Tourists’ Needs in Public Open Space (Case Study: Kish Island, Iran)

Mona Erfanian Salim, Ali Afshar In regarding to sustainable tourism principles, a tourism island is assumed to provide tourists’ need in different aspects. Thus, among the shorelines of the Island, public open spaces where contain a lot of tourists should meet tourists’ needs. It needs to be more focused as contemporary thinking of urban design,

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