Journal of the Geographical Studies of Mountainous Areas

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Mousavi S S, Abbasi H, Sharafi S. Identification of Villages Prone to Tourism Development in Pol-Dokhtar County Communication Routes. JGSMA 2020; 1 (1) :1-16
URL: http://gsma.lu.ac.ir/article-1-33-en.html

Rural tourism is a part of the tourism industry that aims to utilize natural, cultural-historical resources, and other resources and characteristics of rural residences to develop a complex tourism product. Lorestan province has great tourism potential, especially in rural areas, including areas prone to rural tourism development in Iran. The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize villages with tourism potential for planning and managing tourism destinations in 30 villages located within 1 km around the route leading to Poldokhtar County in the south of Lorestan province. The research method is analytical-descriptive and tools such as a researcher-made questionnaire and Shannon entropy and Vikor model was used. The research findings show that some of the villages located within 1 km around the route leading to under study area have tourism index capabilities such as Agrotourism (Zivdar, Bon Lar and Sabzevar), natural tourism (Afrineh and Valiasr), religious tourism (Cham Divan and Hayat al-Gheib) and historical tourism (Ghale Nasir and Zir Tang Chemeshk). Also, among the routes to Poldokhtar county, Khoramabad-Poldokhtar has the most potential and the best route proposed for rural tourism development. The final results of prioritization of villages based on Vikor model show that Sabzevar, Bon Lar and Afrineh villages are in the first to third rank for development of rural tourism in tourism axes of the study area.