Locating Areas Prone to Ecotourism in Fars Province Using Geographic Information System (Case Study: Arsanjan City)

Subject Areas : Modeling in environment and natural resources

Saeed Mohtashamnia ¹ , Hossein gharehdaghi ²

1 - استادیار، گروه منابع طبیعی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، ارسنجان، ایران
2 - عضو هیئت علمی تمام وقت واحد ارسنجان

Received: 2024-01-09 Accepted : 2024-02-12 Published : 2024-03-19

Keywords: Locating, Ecotourism, Geographic Information System, Arsanjan. ,

Abstract :

Introduction: One of the most important forms of the tourism industry is natural tourism. Fars province has always been the focus of domestic and foreign tourists due to its high tourism potential. Arsanjan with its natural and historical tourism aspects, is the aim of the current research to determine the suitable areas for tourism activities by integrating the Makhdoom ecological model(2006) and GIS. Materials and Methods: Arsanjan is located in the northeast of Fars province with an area of 1439 ha and the present research is based on the ecological model of ecotourism development proposed by Makhdoom in the form of evaluation of ecological power, it includes three parts: identification of ecological resources, analysis and summarization of resources, and finally evaluation of ecological power was done using GIS. Results and Discussion: The results h showed according to the variables in the Makhdoom model and applying the required changes, slope, density and vegetation percentage were the most factors affected classifying of Arsanjan county into three susceptible classes(first class), semi-susceptible(second class) and unsuitable class. Conclusion: So, according to the location of the county on the communication road to the east of the country and the proximity to the Shiraz-Tehran highway and to historical monuments such as Passargad, Nagsh-e- Rostam and the Persepolise, along with scattered historical monuments in the county, it is recommended to use proper management and the establishment of welfare centers in the natural resources area and supporting the private sector in developing ecotourism residences and sport tourism in Tashk wetland.

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