the present study intended to determine the priority areas for nature-based tourism in isfahan province, iran. considering the components in question, this study was applied-developmental in nature and its methodology was descriptive-survey based on a systematic analysis of the potentials utilization, potential assessment and identification of priority areas and their combination. to carry out ...

Tourism is a multidimensional economic activity that has an interaction with the environment. On one hand, environmental resources provide the raw material for tourism, while on the other, tourism imposes a variety of negative and positive impacts (wanted or unwanted) on the environment through the creation of various by-products. The main purpose of the current study is to investigate the rela...

Introduction: Iran has considerable potentials for growth of health tourism. However, they have not been properly realized towards national development.This paper has attempted to prioritize the development strategies of health tourism in Iran which has been conducted on the hospitals of Tehran. Methods: This study is a descriptive-analytical research. It...

Stakeholders' perceptions towards tourism development within destinations have been emphasized by researchers and practitioners. However, literature has only focused local residents' role in tourism development, leaving a gap in knowledge on stakeholders' engagement in tourism development process. Th is study investigates stakeholders' perceptions, attitudes and involvement in tourism developme...

In comprehensive urban development plan, a vision of Tehran has been considered as a world city.Tehran is also considered the regional medical center in the world of Islam in the comprehensive scientific map ofIran. In the era of globalization, medical tourism is a growing market in developing countries and has become one offields of competition in regional development. According to the importa...

The success of tourism development heavily depends on residents’ support. Broader literature suggests sense of place and social capital are important precedents of residents’ attitudes and behavior. However, limited attention has been paid to this topic in tourism, especially in Iran. Therefore, the aim of this research is to examine the relationship between sense of place, social capital and r...

this paper provides a fuzzy based decision support system (dss) for risk analysis in e-tourism ( electronic tourism ) investment. in general term, e-tourism is the use of information and communication technology (ict) in tourism which may allow operating tourism in least variable cost, least time and increased work efficiency. it is worth noting that there are many factors that affect the deve...

Iran including attractive places and high potential for tourism (external and internal) and investing on tourism industry including social and economic effects leading to constancy of tourism areas. Unfortunately, despite high capacity of developing tourism in our country, this capacity has not recognized well and has not utilized for development of Iran. The special factors influence on transi...