Geography and Human Relationships

Geography and Human Relationships

Analyzing the capacities of geomorphological and geotourism destinations in the target villages of Talesh city

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Geography,Faculty of Social Sciences,University of Mohaghegh Ardabili,Ardabil,Iran
2 PhD Student in Natural Geography Department, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
3 Bachelor of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
4 Master of Accounting, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
10.22034/gahr.2024.467389.2204
Abstract
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business. It also means the theory and practice of tourism, business, attraction, accommodation and entertainment of tourists and business related to holding a tour. The aim of the current research is to analyze the capacities of geomorphological and geotourism destinations in the target villages of Talash city. The method used in this research will be based on two geotourism models, Hadzik and National Park. In the dynamic model, three main scientific indicators, surplus and vulnerability are used to estimate the geotourism potential. In the national park method, geomorphosites and landforms are selected according to the four criteria of origin of formation, geographical distribution, tourism and the general condition of access from the national park for study and evaluation. The evaluation results in the dynamic mode based on the geotourism scientific value of the regions according to the experts show that among the sub-indices of the scientific value of Marian in terms of the index, rarity at the regional level with a value of 4.36 has gained the most points. Marian has obtained the highest score for the color contrast index with the value of 0.83 and the lowest score for the sensitivity and fragility index with the value of 0.31. Therefore, it is concluded that based on the two assessment models, Merian and Metesh regions have suitable potentials for the development of tourism in the villages of the study area, and finally, it is suggested to investigate human factors in the development of the study area in future studies.
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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 01 August 2024

  • Receive Date 11 July 2024
  • Accept Date 01 August 2024