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Mohammadhossein Dehghan Pour Farashah et al. Exploring the sustainability in a Rural Area

Figure 1 Location of the Ecolodge to the Yazd City

Method lem and objectives, five questions were developed
The present study had two phases: (a) documentary for the interview based on literature suggestions. The
research and (b) Semi-structured interview. In the content of the questions consisted of:
first phase, documentary research was carried out so 1. Aims and motivations for setting up this eco-
that the eco-lodge owner provided information, in- lodge.
cluding photos and some descriptions of his activities, 2. The owner’s attitude toward sustainability.
which he has been collecting on social media since the
beginning days of the revitalisation operation. Then, 3. Purposes for engaging in various activities before
researchers categorised them based on sustainability the pandemic.
principles and in the periods before and during the
pandemic. In the next phase, given the research prob-

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