The Relationship between Fear of Crime and Local Disorder with Loyalty to Destination among Foreign Tourists in the Historical Context of Shiraz

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the fear of crime and the security of tourists and the re-orientation of their residence and their loyalty to the desti-nation in the historical and cultural context of Shiraz. Method: The research method was descriptive and correlational. The data were collected through questionnaires distributed among 380 for-eign tourists staying in the historical and cultural context of Shiraz. The reliability of the in-struments was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha, which was more than 0.7, and the content va-lidity of the instrument was confirmed by experts’ opinions and the validity of the question-naire structure was verified using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Findings: For data anal-ysis, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used at significant level (p≤0.05). The results showed that most tourists from Europe visited Iran, with France and Ita-ly having the largest share of incoming tourists. The maximum period of stay in Shiraz was 3 days. Descriptive findings also show that there is a significant relationship between age, mari-tal status, education, occupation, country of origin and loyalty to tourists. Besides, there is a significant relationship between fear of crime (T = -2.541) and disorder of places (T = -3. 952) and loyalty of foreign tourists to destinations in Shiraz. Discussion: It should be mentioned that setting up tourism and tourism police stations for tourist destinations is one of the ways to reduce fear of crime and local disorder and thus increase tourism destinations in Shiraz. 1Mehdi Karoubi Ph.D. Tourism Management, Department of Tourism Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran (corresponding author) The Relationship between Fear of Crime and Local Disorder with Loyalty to Destination among Foreign Tourists in the Historical Context of Shiraz