Prioritizing the Cities of Sistan and Baluchistan Province in Terms of Tourism Infrastructure

Subject Areas : Urban Futurology

Morteza  Sadegh Bakhtiari ¹ (PhD student of Geography and Urban Planning, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran)
Masoumeh  Hafez Rezazadeh ² (Assistant Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran)
سجاد  poudineh ³ (PhD student of Geography and Urban Planning, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.)
Zahra  Sarabandi ⁴ (PhD student of Geography and Urban Planning, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.)

Received: 2022-11-27 Accepted : 2023-06-03 Published : 2023-05-22

Keywords: development, Tourism, tourism infrastructure, Sistan and Baluchistan,

Abstract :

Tourism infrastructures are among the effective factors that can directly lead to the provision of services، and having them can help to improve the quality of life of the local community in addition to influencing the development of tourism. This research was conducted with the aim of prioritizing the cities of Sistan and Baluchistan province in terms of tourism infrastructure. The present research is based on descriptive-analytical method. Statistical Research Society of Sistan and Baluchistan province by dividing its cities (Zahedan، Zabul، Chabahar، Saravan، Zahak، Sib and Soran، Mehrestan، Khash، Hirmand، Nimroz، Hamon، Nik-Shahr، Iranshahr، Kanarak، Delgan، Sarbaz، Mirjaveh، Fanuj، Qasrqand). Through the technique of Fazi Topsis and A. it. Priority has been given to the cities. Based on the results obtained from TOPSIS fuzzy and the prioritization of the cities of Sistan and Baluchistan province، Khash city with a weight value of 0.893 is in the first priority، Chabahar city is in the second priority with a weight value of 0.867، Zahedan city with the weight value of 0.831 is in the third priority، Nikshahr city with the weight value of 0.800 is in the fourth priority، Zabul city is in the fifth place with the weight value of 0.717. Also، Mehrestan city with a weight value of 0.000 has been placed in the last priority. Also، in terms of the degree of development of the cities، in terms of tourism infrastructure، the cities were grouped into three groups: developed، developing and deprived. Based on this، the cities of Khash، Chabahar، Zahedan and Nikshahr are developed، the cities of Zabol، Iranshahr، Kanarak and Mirjaveh are developing and the cities of Saravan، Zahak، Sarbaz، Hamon، Sib and Soran، Hirmand and Delgan.، Nimroz، Fanuj، Qasrqand and Mehrestan are excluded.