Identifying and Prioritizing Tourism Attractions in Ravansar Based on Tourist Attracting Potentials

Ravansar with diverse natural and human tourist attractions is one of the main tourist destinations of the western Iran and Kermanshah province which attracts many tourists annually. Due to the high tourism potential and diversity of attractions, prioritizing and identifying potential areas for tour...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yousef Ghanbari, Hossein Komasi, Dawood Jamini, Azadََ Arianpour
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Razi University 2012-07-01
Series:جغرافیا و پایداری محیط
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ges.razi.ac.ir/article_167_6ebcc6e429e259ca08e6c0feb95b10c6.pdf?lang=en
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1832542904034263040
author Yousef Ghanbari
Hossein Komasi
Dawood Jamini
Azadََ Arianpour
author_facet Yousef Ghanbari
Hossein Komasi
Dawood Jamini
Azadََ Arianpour
author_sort Yousef Ghanbari
collection DOAJ
description Ravansar with diverse natural and human tourist attractions is one of the main tourist destinations of the western Iran and Kermanshah province which attracts many tourists annually. Due to the high tourism potential and diversity of attractions, prioritizing and identifying potential areas for tourism development in this region for specifying the strengths and weaknesses is very important and seems inevitable. This article from the viewpoint of its purpose is an applied one and according to its method is a descriptive - analytical study and survey. to achieve the goal of the article, 9 parameters including altitude , situation of infrastructure, number of tourists, facilities and services, accessibility, potentials of attraction surroundings, the ability to attract tourists in different seasons, economic impacts and the absence of natural hazards in seven most important tourist sites were selected and prioritized using TOPSIS techniques. For determining the weight of indices, views of 30 experts concerned with the tourism were analyzed using AHP method. The TOPSIS model results prioritized Ravansar tourist attraction sites as following: Ghori Ghaleh Cave with 0.766 score in first rank, Sarab Ravansar with 0.716 score in second rank, Kavat cave with 0.589 score in third rank, Oveys-e Gharani shrine, Sarab-e Javari, Tape Mousayi and Tagh-e Farhad with respectively 0.569, 0.65, 0.249 and 0.224 score were located in the next priorities. Finally, to enhance strengths and reduce obstacles and problems in seven different tourist attraction sites of Ravansar, some solutions were offered.
format Article
id doaj-art-8fdcd3f7cff044cc9aac89e077ddf527
institution Kabale University
issn 2322-3197
2676-5683
language fas
publishDate 2012-07-01
publisher Razi University
record_format Article
series جغرافیا و پایداری محیط
spelling doaj-art-8fdcd3f7cff044cc9aac89e077ddf5272025-02-03T13:12:16ZfasRazi Universityجغرافیا و پایداری محیط2322-31972676-56832012-07-01226586Identifying and Prioritizing Tourism Attractions in Ravansar Based on Tourist Attracting PotentialsYousef Ghanbari Hossein Komasi Dawood Jamini Azadََ ArianpourRavansar with diverse natural and human tourist attractions is one of the main tourist destinations of the western Iran and Kermanshah province which attracts many tourists annually. Due to the high tourism potential and diversity of attractions, prioritizing and identifying potential areas for tourism development in this region for specifying the strengths and weaknesses is very important and seems inevitable. This article from the viewpoint of its purpose is an applied one and according to its method is a descriptive - analytical study and survey. to achieve the goal of the article, 9 parameters including altitude , situation of infrastructure, number of tourists, facilities and services, accessibility, potentials of attraction surroundings, the ability to attract tourists in different seasons, economic impacts and the absence of natural hazards in seven most important tourist sites were selected and prioritized using TOPSIS techniques. For determining the weight of indices, views of 30 experts concerned with the tourism were analyzed using AHP method. The TOPSIS model results prioritized Ravansar tourist attraction sites as following: Ghori Ghaleh Cave with 0.766 score in first rank, Sarab Ravansar with 0.716 score in second rank, Kavat cave with 0.589 score in third rank, Oveys-e Gharani shrine, Sarab-e Javari, Tape Mousayi and Tagh-e Farhad with respectively 0.569, 0.65, 0.249 and 0.224 score were located in the next priorities. Finally, to enhance strengths and reduce obstacles and problems in seven different tourist attraction sites of Ravansar, some solutions were offered.https://ges.razi.ac.ir/article_167_6ebcc6e429e259ca08e6c0feb95b10c6.pdf?lang=entourism developmenttourist attractionsprioritizingtopsisravansar township
spellingShingle Yousef Ghanbari
Hossein Komasi
Dawood Jamini
Azadََ Arianpour
Identifying and Prioritizing Tourism Attractions in Ravansar Based on Tourist Attracting Potentials
جغرافیا و پایداری محیط
tourism development
tourist attractions
prioritizing
topsis
ravansar township
title Identifying and Prioritizing Tourism Attractions in Ravansar Based on Tourist Attracting Potentials
title_full Identifying and Prioritizing Tourism Attractions in Ravansar Based on Tourist Attracting Potentials
title_fullStr Identifying and Prioritizing Tourism Attractions in Ravansar Based on Tourist Attracting Potentials
title_full_unstemmed Identifying and Prioritizing Tourism Attractions in Ravansar Based on Tourist Attracting Potentials
title_short Identifying and Prioritizing Tourism Attractions in Ravansar Based on Tourist Attracting Potentials
title_sort identifying and prioritizing tourism attractions in ravansar based on tourist attracting potentials
topic tourism development
tourist attractions
prioritizing
topsis
ravansar township
url https://ges.razi.ac.ir/article_167_6ebcc6e429e259ca08e6c0feb95b10c6.pdf?lang=en
work_keys_str_mv AT yousefghanbari identifyingandprioritizingtourismattractionsinravansarbasedontouristattractingpotentials
AT hosseinkomasi identifyingandprioritizingtourismattractionsinravansarbasedontouristattractingpotentials
AT dawoodjamini identifyingandprioritizingtourismattractionsinravansarbasedontouristattractingpotentials
AT azadarianpour identifyingandprioritizingtourismattractionsinravansarbasedontouristattractingpotentials