Tourism and Hospitality Research (IJTHR)

The selection of a tourism development site involves a complex array of decision criteria that may have interdependence relationships within and between them. This study assessed the possibility of establishing natural tourism development site in Lavasan-e Kuchak Rural District (Tehran province) in Iran by using analytic network process (ANP) in a geographical information system (GIS) environment. ANP and the overlaying process were done on GIS. Using 10 information layers in three main criteria including Site Feature, Infrastructures & Services, and Risk & Sensitive Areas, the land suitability map was produced and reclassified into 5 scored divisions from least suitable to most suitable areas. The results showed that about 15.87 of the area of Lavasan-e Kuchak Rural District is most suitable for establishment of tourism development.

Isfahan province as a tourism hub and location at the crossroads of northern and southern corridor, the impact on the development and stability of the country. This study aims to evaluate the spatial dispersion of hotels in Isfahan province, its role in the development of domestic tourism in order to increase economic profit, social, cultural and environmental tourism, the tourism industry to the current planning and direction Future investments in established hotel with spatial planning approach formulated. The main purpose of this study was to survey the spatial dispersion of hotels in Isfahan Province and its role in the development of domestic tourism. The study, depending on the target application and the nature and methods of descriptive research, analytical and solidarity. The sample consisted of experts Administration of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Isfahan province are university professors and consultants. In this study, experts in population due to the low volume of population, almost the entire population were selected and sampling have been carried out. The method of collecting data in this study, library research and field study (questionnaire). The analysis and rating of effective factors in the development of domestic tourism model was used TOPSISS. The results show that the spatial dispersion of effective development of domestic tourism hotels in Isfahan province. The results of this survey point out the significance of the relationship between spatial arrangement of hotels and their occupancy rate noted. The results could Administration of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Isfahan province, the Housing and Urban Development, and the governments of the province and municipalities, investors, academic institutions and students and researchers interested in this field is used.

Geopacifics has been considered as the objective representation of nations’ and governments’ movement toward peace. Today, countries have tried to achieve it by means of different solution such as general, economic, sport and cultural diplomacies. Among them, one of the important methods is cultural diplomacy by which every country tries to communicate with others depending on its various cultural capabilities and cultural policies. In this regard, tourism is one of the most important cultural tools for better introduction of countries’ cultural policies and expansion of geopacifics in regional and global levels. Present study addresses this topic by descriptive-analytical method and library study. The investigated point of this paper is that Iran has to properly use its cultural diplomacy to reach to a sustainable national security to provide geopacifics in the region. The geographical and geopolitical position of Iran and its various cultural and tourism attraction in addition to its rich ancient civilization are among the important topics in cultural diplomacy of Iran.

Today, tourism does not belong to a particular group, and everyone can explore places and enjoy leisure, knowledge and experience depending on their financial strength and interests. As a result, tourism has become one of the largest economic sectors in the world. However, the problem most Muslim countries face to the development of the tourism industry is the Islamic law that governs these countries.In this research, four main factors: 1- Trade with Muslims and presence in the business market. 2. Enjoy freedom in holding national and religious ceremonies. 3. Freedom to perform sentences and actions based on religion and religion. 4. Immunity and safety in terms of mortality, financial and occupation. As legal and legal challenges, the presence of non-Muslim tourists in Iran has been identified. After analyzing and prioritizing these factors using the AHP method, we obtained the following results. The most important challenge we face is the freedom to carry out the acts and actions on the basis of religion and religion, and the least important issue is the trade with the Muslims and the presence in the business market. 1- Freedom to perform ordinances and acts on the basis of religion. 2. Freedom to hold national and religious ceremonies. 3. Immunity and security in terms of mortality, financial and occupation. 4. Trade with Muslims and presence in the business market.

The old textures of cities are going down the path of stagnation and backwardness. On the other hand, urban areas, especially cities with a long historical background, often house many historical attractions that attract tourist into those cities. In this regard, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of tourism in restoring the distressed urban texture on the old texture of Sari. In this study, data collection and analysis methods were used through field studies and surveys, texture inhabitant questionnaires (144), statistical tests in form of SPSS software (T-test) and AHP model. And finally, the results of this study are the significant effect of adding applications related to tourism in the texture, beautification within the texture, and converting texture to pedestrian zone.

Sustainable tourism is the concept of visiting somewhere as a tourist and trying to make a positive impact on the environment, society, culture and economy. Sustainable development refers to the use without exploitation of natural, cultural and all other tourist resources from the current generation, it means to preserve them for future use by future generations. Iran is famous in the world for kind hospitality, friendliness, and a beautiful Landscape and unique places like Mahdishahr. The people of Mahdishahr in Semnan province are so hospitable and warm-blooded and are so keen on making progress in different terms. There are some historical and beautiful places in this city. Therefore, the main purpose in this paper is to investigate the aspects of tourism in Mahdishahr by Sustainable and anthropological view and also to study and Introduction of Mahdishahr Tourist Attractions. The method in this paper is qualitative and also action research and tools of data collection is documentary (Library and Internet), in-depth interview and also participation. It is worth mentioning that in the theoretical framework the present research is based on law theory for its analysis of data. Findings show that Mahdishahr is a good potential for tourist attraction.