Tourism and Hospitality Research (IJTHR)

Amlash city due to the attraction of beautiful landscapes, with tourism and is rich in ancient monuments, the position is in Gilan geography has. But the deadlock in order to catch the attention of the local authorities and the lack of Amlash in the fields of planning and action in the direction of introducing the gravity lift forklift infrastructure development has caused potential tourists from the city for villages do not have much information and therefore rural tourism Amlash trimmed to effect. The present research aimed to identify the more tourist attractions and Amlash County, a rural and proceeded in the direction of introducing the gravity lift to the rural tourism boom and rural development has been the city editor. The research method of descriptive and analytic studies of the type, for data analysis, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics forklift has been used, the assumptions in the power of attraction of the rural tourism development in the direction of Amlash County is expressed. Review of the research of hypothesis testing, the test for p and using the results of the questionnaire, forklift, and assumptions with the 95 percent confidence level was test. The results of the assessment against the stricter-ability to lift rural natural and cultural attractions, Amlash and forklift capability, ability to attract domestic and foreign tourists have been a positive evaluation of the tourism boom and fitted can afford Amlash County rural development provides them. As well as the position of Amlash County, a mountainous countryside and features picturesque villages. It is through various practices, resulting in attracting tourists and the tourism boom in the growth and expansion of rural development Amlash County us figure.

In the past tourism was a very special activity and only special people with good social and economic stances could be a part of this activity. These people were mostly some visitors that besides the traveling would record every event and situation carefully, and today this information is available as ethnography findings. But today tourism has turned into business pillar and has a great income for countries with tourist attractions. Generally the entrance of tourists to host communities has some outcomes in that places and they can be analyzed from the perspective of anthropology, tourism, finding such as identifying cultural elements, customs, environmental effects on social and life relationships. Fars province because of having diverse tourist attractions is of the most important tourist attraction and anthropology tourism studies areas, Because of that the main purpose of this paper is to analyze the Fars province tourist attractions with anthropology and to discover the positive and negative cultural-social effects of tourism. The used research method is descriptive and the needed information was gathered using the documentary method (Books, Magazines and the Internet). And in the theoretical framework of this paper the Butler theory was used.

Today, tourism industry is addressed with a wise and specialized approach which encompasses different sectors. One of the important sectors of tourism is ecotourism and geotourism. From scientific viewpoint, Ecotourists and Geotourists are those who start on a journey to observe natural and geological sights and landscapes in order to visually observe world’s wonders. In addition to beautiful natural landscapes including deserts, kavirs, basins, beautiful coasts, mountains and unique plant covers, Iran has high tourism (ecotourism and geotourism) potentials due to diverse climatic conditions, suitable sunny hours, etc. Among all these landscapes, Dasht-e-Kavir, as the largest salare of Iran and world with an area more than 120,000 km 2, has placed in itself a set of most unique landscapes of the world. Based on geological divisions, Dasht-e-Kavir is located in the limits of central Iran and has experienced several changes during its life. It is likely to have been under water for millions of years as the result of tectonic movements or it may sometimes have come out of water due to vertical movements. By formation of Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges in about 65 million years ago, a shallow lake was formed at that part and was affected by several complicated climatic and tectonic conditions in Tertiary and Quaternary periods. The result of all these accidents has provided the possibility of formation of a set of most surprising landscapes in a relatively limited space. The main goal of this research is to introduce tourism and ecotourism attractions of Dasht-e-Kavir. In this desert, a set of salares, deserts, sand dunes, salt polygons, salt and clay pans, several swamps and cold and warm springs are observed beside historical works. Major landscapes and historical works available in Dasht-e-Kavir include Masileh Desert, Hoz-e-Soltan, Salt Lake, Dagh Sorkh, Rig Gen, Nakhjir valley of Maranjab desert, mountains of Siah Kouh, Talheh Mountain, Bahram Palace, Shah Abbasi Caravanserai.

Rural tourism is one of the most entrepreneurial and high efficiency activities in the villages of Toyedarevar rural district in Damghan. The prosperity of this sector of economic activity, can transform the income sources of the villagers and lead to an increase in the welfare and quality of life of the villagers. The objectives of this research are the feasibility of developing rural tourism through the identification of the potential and existing status of the infrastructure of rural tourism development and Prioritizing villages in terms of infrastructure and attractions and Finally, presenting strategic plans for the sustainable development of rural tourism with minimizing negative outcomes. The statistical population was the villagers in Toyedarevar rural district , according to the Cochran formula, 240 individuals were selected as sample size. Data collection was carried out based on a researcher-made questionnaire and Data analysis was done using SPSS software and the VIKOR method. The results of the research show that the villages are not the same in terms of infrastructure development and Natural factors, rural residences and cultural factors have a significant impact on tourist attraction and the village of Toye is more developed than other villages in terms of infrastructures.

Religious tourism, also commonly referred to as faith tourism, is a type of tourism, where people travel individually or in groups for pilgrimage, missionary, or leisure purposes. The world's largest form of mass religious tourism takes place at the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. Religious tourism is one of the earliest forms of tourism. The idea of the religious pilgrimage begins almost with the dawn of humanity.  Almost since the dawn of history human beings have traveled to holy sites. Religious tourism has increasingly won in popularity in recent years. Khorasan province, due to some places of pilgrimage especiallythe holy shrine of Imam Reza has always been suitable place for Attract tourists and pilgrims . Therefore, the main purpose in this paper is A Sociological Study of Religious Tourism in Khorasan Province. It is mention in the theoretical framework the present research for its analysis of data, is based on Butler theory. This article is based on quality method and tools of data collection are Informal interviews and participant observations comprise the methods of data collection.

Tourism is one of the largest economic sectors globally. It is a climate sensitive sector, with climate being one of the most important attributes for a destination. In order to know that a region's climate what extent is suitable to the given tourism activities, the tourism climate potential must be determined. This study aims to illustrate observed the tourism climate potential of Lake Urmia Basin during 1988-2012, by using physiologically equivalent temperature (PET), the predicted mean vote (PMV) and standard effective temperature (SET). The RayMan model was used to calculate the indices PET, PMV and SET. The analysis is based on the monthly measured datasets of 8 synoptic stations. Results demonstrate that according to PET and PMV, July and August are the best months for tourists in terms of thermal comfort in Lake Urmia Basin . Also, June and September have Slight cold stress and provide acceptable conditions for tourists. In SET, the thermal perceptions in no month are comfortable . But July and August have Slight cold stress and provide acceptable conditions for tourists.