Analysis of the situation of rural areas based on the spatial planning of tourism (Case Study: East of Mazandaran Province)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

ahmad roumiani ¹ , Hamid Shayan ² , Hamdollah Sojasi Qeidari ³ , Mohammad Reza Rezvani ⁴

1 - PhD in Geography and Rural Planning
2 - Mashhad Ferdowsi University
3 - Mashhad Ferdowsi University
4 - University of Tehran

Received: 2018-12-26 Accepted : 2019-08-28 Published : 2020-11-21

Keywords: Rural Areas, tourism capacity, : Spatial Planning, WASPAS Model,

Abstract :

Tourism planning is one of the approaches that has been effective in various dimensions of economic, social, cultural, environmental and political tourism in recent decades, and as a system, dominates the tourism spaces of a region and provides grounds for Wise management of space, human beings and activity. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to study and analyze the situation of rural areas based on the spatial planning of tourism in eastern Mazandaran province. The type of research was applied and field data was used to collect data. GIS was used to analyze the information and rank the villages using statistical methods and the WASPAS model. The statistical population of this study is 21 tourist destination villages in three groups of locals, tourists and experts. The findings of the t single-sample statistics indicate the significance level of tourism spatial planning indicators of the village in the studied area. Also, the highest ranking among locals, tourists and experts belonging to the village of al-Taepah (Abbasabad) with Qi is equal to 0.856, and in the second place, the village of Shahid-Abad with Qi is 129.9 and in the third place of the village Niall with Qi is equal to 126.0. Thai villages with Qi equal to 0.101, the village of Orab with Qi is 103.03 and Lmorsk with Qi is equal to 105.0.

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