Family traveling, especially to rural areas, may lead to appealing fun experiences for children and make them memorable. Memorable experiences of children from various aspects can be useful for policy makers and planners of destinations, parents and children. The effectiveness of travels and children's learning from traveling are among the most significant concerns of parents and tourism activists. So, identifying and understanding children's memorable experiences of traveling to rural areas of Iran that has various local cultures can influence filling such gaps as future destination planning, developing child-friendly rural destinations, family traveling, designing child-oriented tourism programs, and future generation's being loyal to local destinations. This study aimed to identify Iranian children’ memorable rural tourism experiences. The sample includes 37 children from ages 6 to 12. Interpretive phenomenology was used to conduct the study with the help of interviews and the analysis of the content of children's paintings. This study shows that children pay attention like adults to such elements as people, space, activities, objects, and social relations during their travel. Moreover, the conducted interviews resulted in 45 key notions categorized into 6 basic axes of memorable experiences: being exciting, being informative, being novel and unique, being gratifying, being socially involved, and negative experiences. This study provides insights on identifying and understanding the issues affecting the creation of memorable tourism experiences for children that travel to rural areas. The issues would help parents in taking child-oriented tourism travels, planners in designing child-friendly tourism destinations, and tourism service providers in delivering child friendly offerings.

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伊朗孩子难忘的乡村旅游经历


家庭旅行，尤其是去农村地区，可能会给孩子带来吸引人的有趣经历并让他们难忘。儿童在各个方面的难忘经历对于目的地的政策制定者和规划者、父母和儿童来说都是有用的。旅行的有效性和儿童从旅行中学习是家长和旅游活动人士最关心的问题。因此，识别和了解儿童在具有不同当地文化的伊朗农村地区旅行的难忘经历可以影响填补未来目的地规划、开发儿童友好型农村目的地、家庭旅行、设计面向儿童的旅游项目以及下一代的旅游等方面的空白。忠于当地目的地。这项研究旨在确定伊朗儿童难忘的乡村旅游经历。样本包括37名6岁至12岁的儿童。研究采用解释现象学的方法，通过访谈和对儿童绘画内容的分析来进行研究。这项研究表明，儿童在旅行中像成年人一样关注人、空间、活动、物体和社会关系等元素。此外，进行的访谈得出了 45 个关键概念，分为令人难忘的经历的 6 个基本轴：令人兴奋、信息丰富、新颖独特、令人满意、参与社会和消极经历。这项研究提供了关于识别和理解影响为前往农村地区的儿童创造难忘旅游体验的问题的见解。 这些问题将帮助父母进行以儿童为导向的旅游旅行，规划者设计儿童友好的旅游目的地，以及旅游服务提供商提供儿童友好的产品。