In the fields of geology, economics, history, cultural studies, and ecology, tourism can be basis for proper planning, sustainable management, economic development. The Dasht-e Lut is one most significant desert areas in Iran due to its exemplary patterns world-famous landscapes, such as kaluts nebkhas landforms. Furthermore, it hottest spot world attract adventurous tourists, amongst others, f...

We discuss a figured pin from Shahdad, previously well known but published with a partial and unsatisfactory drawing.  More detailed observations and a new, more realistic recording of this important artifact reconsider its stylistic and iconographic links with the imagery of the Halil Rud civilization and the eastern Iranian Plateau in general, and, at its opposite cultural poles, with Mesopot...

this study was performed in order to provide a strategic development plan for ecotourism in shahdad district of kerman province. thus cultural, historical and natural attractions of the region and its surrounding areas were studied and identified initially. by completing clawson questionnaire in the form of travel cost method (tcm), valuation and analysis of ecotourism demand index of the consi...

introduction dominant process in arid and semi-arid region is dynamic of wind that carries the sand and caused damage to several facilities and human settlements. there are many human settlements with low population and mostly small and scattered in different parts of foothills of dasht-e lut (lut desert), especially in mountainous margins of alluvial fans. residential and cultivation area of t...

climate is a natural resource that effects decision making for selection of destinations in tourism and ecotourism. therelationship between climate and tourism is a complex one. but application of a climate index provides an ideal approachto understanding this complexity and is a useful tool for the tourism industry. in this study, a modified version ofmieczkowski's (1985) tourism climate index...