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        1 - Evaluation of effective components on increasing tourist satisfaction in the wayfinding process(Case study of the lower neighborhood of Mashhad Street)
        Toktam Hanaee Sanaz Saeedi mofrad Ehsan Ormoz shima abedi
        One of the most important things in the tourism industry is the ease of travel and choosing an easy route for tourists. Optimal tourist perception causes tourists satisfaction with the environment. Therefore, tourists who have experienced the presence in the environment More
        One of the most important things in the tourism industry is the ease of travel and choosing an easy route for tourists. Optimal tourist perception causes tourists satisfaction with the environment. Therefore, tourists who have experienced the presence in the environment have a greater sense of satisfaction by enjoying the well-being in the environment. The evaluation of tourist destinations is directly related to the quality of services provided and the needs of tourists in the environment. Tourists expect their needs to be met in the environment, so as a travel strategy, providing the desired quality of services can cause more satisfaction to tourists in the urban space. Urban planning requires attention. The tourism industry, as the second most lucrative industry in the world, plays an important role in the economy and prosperity of cities, and increases satisfaction with how to choose the route to reach attractive points, prevent confusion in wayfinding , how to access services and facilities and meet expectations. Tourists can increase their desire to return to their destination. One of the most important things in the tourism industry is the ease of moving and choosing an easy route for tourists from one point to another. When a tourist is unfamiliar with the environment and enters it for the first time, he tries to find and discover his route, in this case he uses the external information in the environment and finds his route. Therefore, tourists' satisfaction with wayfinding behavior in urban space is influenced by two components of mental-cognitive factors and physical-visual factors. Tourist satisfaction has a psychological dimension that is effective from the experience of the person's presence in the environment and the evaluation of the person's experience in the environment to evaluate the destination and use travel strategies such as travel guides, tourist attractions, maps and tour guides, The security and experiences of the individual from the past and the indicators and socio-economic characteristics. Due to the fact that tourist satisfaction and wayfinding behavior is affected by physical-visual and mental-cognitive factors, so in the direction of tourists in urban space, the tourist receives information from the environment and executes his decision and decision. Among the physical-visual factors affecting the wayfinding process, we can mention the key elements, route guides, tourist attractions, access to facilities and services. Signs are one of the main tools for directing tourists in urban areas. Physical factors and the pattern of the network of passages in the tissue in familiar environments increase tourists' satisfaction with the wayfinding process. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effective factors on increasing the satisfaction of tourists the wayfinding process. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and survey nature and is based on quantitative method. Field observations and a questionnaire were used to collect data. Data analysis was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson test correlation method. The results show that tourists' satisfaction depends on physical-visual and mental-cognitive factors, and tourist wayfinding and determining the position between origin and destination using physical factors. Manuscript profile
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        2 - The Role of Potentials of Islamic Azad University of Fars Province (Marvdasht Unit) in Creating Tourist Attractions
        Mastoureh Ezzatzadeh Mohammad Reza Mostejir
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        3 - Effect of Foreign Health Tourists’ Satisfaction from Destination on Word of Mouth Advertising in Tehran's Hospitals
        Mohammad Javad Taghipourian Umm al-Banin Eyni Mirhassanlo
        Introduction: Today, the relationship between economic growths with the development of healthcare is well known. Tourist satisfaction of a destination is one of the important factors which effect on word of mouth. So, identifying the influencer factors on health tourist More
        Introduction: Today, the relationship between economic growths with the development of healthcare is well known. Tourist satisfaction of a destination is one of the important factors which effect on word of mouth. So, identifying the influencer factors on health tourist satisfaction of a destination and their word of mouth could help improving of Tehran competition position in the health tourism. Method: For this purpose, based on the two models of Kitapci et al.(2014) and Araslı H, Baradarani (2014), was collected the views of health foreign tourists in Tehran, from countries such as the United States, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and other Asian and European countries , A total of 391 questionnaires were collected for analysis. For Validity test was used from confirmatory factor analysis and AVE and for reliability was used Cronbach's alpha which results shown confirmation? Results: Seven hypotheses have been approved but six hypotheses have been rejected that is the influence of empathy, knowledge, equipment and tangibility, accommodation equipment, environmental safety and transportation facilities on tourist satisfaction. Conclusion: Following the investigation, it was concluded that two types of factors: internal environment and the external environment have effect on the Tehran's foreign health tourists’ destination satisfaction that factors affecting the internal environment include: accountability of medical environment personnel and trust of medical environment personnel and factors affecting the external environment include: tourist attraction and a food and restaurant factor. Manuscript profile
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        4 - A study of effective spatial elements on urban tourism demand (case study: Ilam city)
        ناهید سجادیان فاطمه پیری
        Abstract This study was a descriptive analytical methodology to evaluate the factors influencing the demand for tourist attractions. Using simple random sampling without replacement can result. How to collect data, survey liberality extrusion. For data analysis, Without More
        Abstract This study was a descriptive analytical methodology to evaluate the factors influencing the demand for tourist attractions. Using simple random sampling without replacement can result. How to collect data, survey liberality extrusion. For data analysis, Without replacement. The results of data analysis showed a Pearson correlation coefficient between the space and have demand of urban tourism in the city of Ilam and there is a significant positive relationship. According to the test, ANOVA test a significant level (Sig) to Shakhs space in the ./630 is the city of Ilam. Therefore, no significant differences between the spatial indexes in Ilam has been reported neither by the local inhabitants, nor by the tourists. Thus, meaningful agreemwnt in between the responsible authorities. there are also The R squared corrected showed that %70 of indicators into the model changes in tourism demand within the city of Ilam moved to explanation. Results show how tourists expectations of the area is badically formed by former visits, adds, and motivation coming from others. Service quality, easy access, and well and nice treatment recieved all bear non conditional influences on the voyage's quality, tourism experience and also on their futur demand. Manuscript profile
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        5 - Tourist Attrctions of Siyahkal and Deylaman: a Progress toward Tourist Developmant
        Tahereh fathollahzade
        Iran has got extensive environmental potentialities to increase and develop tourism activities . these tourist attractions are divided into two groups: One is the natural attractions and the other is memorial and historical attractions which are of so many varieties . More
        Iran has got extensive environmental potentialities to increase and develop tourism activities . these tourist attractions are divided into two groups: One is the natural attractions and the other is memorial and historical attractions which are of so many varieties . Natural morphological condition of villages are important features to attract tourists. In addition living styles, foods, clothes, custom, festivals, mourning, architecture, residences, building made of mud, stone and wood, pergola, temporary houses, garden, mosques, holy places, and various handicrafts as well as dairy and garden products, medicinal and decorative plants, springheads, channels, aqueduct, etc. all and all are different features of villages in which many people are interested. Siyahkal and Deylaman with these extensive potentialities are big assets of Iran and because of this have special value to develop tourist industry. This paper attempts to show the tourist attraction of these regions. to do this informational sources and materials are gathered through field and library research to introduce the available potentialities of the region and in this way tries to save landscapes and cultural heritage and to promote this region to attract national tourists as much as possible.   Manuscript profile
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        6 - Evaluation of Tourism Indicators in Rural Development in Amlash city
        Simin Armaghan
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        7 - Analyzing Fars Province Tourist Attractions from Anthropology Perspective
        Yaghoub Sharbatian Roya Bagheri
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        8 - Sociology Study of Tourist Attractions in Ardabil Province and Its Role in Sustainable Development
        Fariba Mireskandari
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        9 - Anthropological Study of Tourism Attractions in Mahdishahr and Its Role in Sustainable Development (Compared to India)
        Yaghoub Sharbatian Naghmeh Beydaghifar
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        10 - The Role of Cultural-Religious Attractions in Tourism Development (Case Study of Tuyserkan County)
        Robabeh Rajabi Amirabad
        Studying the abilities and capabilities of each region, especially itsreligious, historical, cultural and natural tourist attractions, is the mostimportant step in understanding and underpinning economic and socialdevelopment programs. Today, tourism is the world's larg More
        Studying the abilities and capabilities of each region, especially itsreligious, historical, cultural and natural tourist attractions, is the mostimportant step in understanding and underpinning economic and socialdevelopment programs. Today, tourism is the world's largest and most diverseindustry and many countries consider this dynamic industry as their main sourceof income, employment and infrastructure development. Our country, Iran, with all kinds ofimportant tourist attractions, can play a very effective role both in economicsand in recognizing itself as an independent culture in today's world. Therefore, tourism as one of the most important factors of socio-economic developmentof different regions can be considered for comprehensive development. Religiousand cultural tourism, as one of the most important forms of tourism, can make asignificant contribution to the country's economic development and lack ofself-reliance on oil and mineral revenues. Religious tourism is one of the mostpopular types of tourism in our time, and most of our tourism is religioustourism. Tuyserkan with an area of ​​about1556square kilometers is one of the cities of Hamadan province which islocated in the western part of the province. The average altitude of the cityis 1784 meters above sea level. The city has a temperate mountainous climatedue to its high mountain and elevation. The city consists of three towns, namely Tuiserkan, Serkan and Farsfaj, as well as two parts of Central andQalqal-e Rood and 7 villages. Having a tomb of a prophet and a great poet, aswell as other historical and naturalattractions, the city has the potential to develop the tourism industry. If there is a planning and investment in the tourism sector, the quality oftourist facilities and equipment as well as the network of roads and transportlines, and all the infrastructures affected by the tourism sector will be morefavorable to the industry as an axis of economic development in the region. Alsothe existing tourism of the city can be improved through proper planning and guidancein the area of tourism. Manuscript profile
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        11 - Indicators of satisfaction and loyalty of incoming tourists to Sarein city in terms of attractions
        saeed rajaei mostali bighlo elhameh nematzadeh moslem ghasemi
        One of the important components in tourism is tourists 'satisfaction and loyalty. Feeling satisfied with the destination on the one hand and encouraging friends and acquaintances on the other hand causes frequent visits to tourist destinations. The purpose of this study More
        One of the important components in tourism is tourists 'satisfaction and loyalty. Feeling satisfied with the destination on the one hand and encouraging friends and acquaintances on the other hand causes frequent visits to tourist destinations. The purpose of this study is to identify effective indicators in tourists' satisfaction and loyalty. The entrance to the city is fast,Which plays the main role in earning income from tourism, the research in terms of purpose and practical nature and in terms of descriptive-analytical research method and survey data collection method, after reviewing 27 indicators studied these results It was found that 17 indicators, including: safety of visited areas, attractiveness of attractions, quality of therapeutic water have been effective in tourist satisfaction and loyalty, but 10 indicators, including: informing the public sector about tourist attractions, informing the private sector about Tourist attractions, proper tourist guidance about attractions have not been effective in tourist satisfaction and loyalty,Also, based on the average obtained from the set of indicators, it was found that the experimental average is higher than the theoretical average, which is 3, so the relationship between satisfaction and loyalty of tourists and tourist attractions was confirmed, and it was found that 65.6% of respondents for the third time or more They visit Sarein city, and this indicates that most tourists are satisfied with the tourist attractions of this city, and this in itself creates loyalty among tourists and their frequent visits to this beautiful tourist place. Manuscript profile
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        12 - Prioritization of tourist attractions with the aim of tourism development (Study area: Mashhad)
        SEDIGHEH ZAKERI Tahereh Sadeghloo
        Tourism industry with direct and indirect employment and as a result, Make money for tourist destinations, Plays an important role in the region economy. To achieve this income, The tourist must first be attracted And in order to enjoy the benefits of tourism, Prioritiz More
        Tourism industry with direct and indirect employment and as a result, Make money for tourist destinations, Plays an important role in the region economy. To achieve this income, The tourist must first be attracted And in order to enjoy the benefits of tourism, Prioritize tourists in choosing tourist destinations. So, considering that most tourists in Iran are domestic tourists because of limited foreign tourism And many domestic travels in Iran are also religious visits to holy places such as Mashhad and Qom; the purpose of this investigation, identification of priority of tourism attractions in Mashhad using entropy technique is VICOR and SPSS. The motivation for studying this research is to examine the welcome of tourists to all kinds of new and old attractions in this city. The results showed that in total, Imam Reza's port is the first priority of tourism attraction among tourists and officials studied and other tourist attractions are in the forefront. So the city of Mashhad has not been successful with the new attractions created for the development of tourism in this city. Manuscript profile
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        13 - Evaluating and Prioritizing Tourism Attractions with the Purpose of Tourism Development
        SEDIGHEH ZAKERI xx hh
        Tourism industry because of its effect on providing job opportunities and the income level of people has an important role in the economy of a society. In order to increase the income, tourists must first be attracted and in order to have the benefits of tourism, the to More
        Tourism industry because of its effect on providing job opportunities and the income level of people has an important role in the economy of a society. In order to increase the income, tourists must first be attracted and in order to have the benefits of tourism, the tourists’ prioritization in choosing their destinations should be determined. Since the majority of tourists in Iran are domestic ones because of limited foreign tourism, many domestic trips in Iran are religious visits to holy places such as Mashhad and Qom. The purpose of this investigation was to identify the priority of tourism attractions in Mashhad using entropy technique, VICOR and SPSS. This research was descriptive-analytic and the data were gathered using field research. The results showed that Imam Reza's shrine was the first priority of tourism attraction for the participants and the other tourist attractions stood later in the priority. So Mashhad has not been successful with the new attractions created for the development of tourism in this city. Manuscript profile