Document Type : Science - Research

Authors

• hamid karimi ¹
• Azadeh Arbabi Sabzevari ²
• Fatemeh Adibi Sadinezhad ³
• Maryam Rostampisheh ⁴

¹ PhD student, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, eslamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, eslamshahr, Iran

² Associate Professor, Department Of Geography And Urban Planning, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad university, Islamshahr,Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department Of Geography And Urban Planning, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad university, Islamshahr, Iran

⁴ Assistant Professor, Department Of Architecture, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad university, Islamshahr, Iran

Abstract

As cultural, economic and social centers, cities play a significant role in attracting tourists. With the increasing need for sustainable development, paying attention to ecological aspects in the development of urban tourism is proposed as a vital and necessary approach. Sustainable urban tourism with an emphasis on ecological power not only attracts tourists, but also protects the environment and the ecological balance of cities. Therefore, in the current research, an effort was made to look from the inside out and with new strategic thinking, while identifying internal resources and capabilities, macro environmental factors and positive points, in addition to searching for the functions, to provide positive solutions to city managers and officials. In relation to the realization of sustainable urban tourism development in District 22 in Tehran. This research is applied in terms of purpose, and descriptive-analytical in terms of data collection, and questionnaire is a means of collecting information. Meta-SWOT model, PESTEL analysis, GIS-10.8 and Global Maper.25 have been used for data analysis. The results showed that among the internal resources and capabilities of sustainable urban tourism development in region 22, with emphasis on its ecological power, they have different weights, so that factors such as the presence of natural lands in the north, west and east of the region and the possibility to Ecological coherence (1/70), the existence of Martyrs' Lake in the Persian Gulf (1/68), the existence of Chitgar forest park in the region, the existence of extensive military lands as a potential for the development of the base environment, and the existence of recreational and public tourism places in the region jointly with The score (1.38) has the highest weight, which indicates that it is valuable, inimitable and organizational appropriateness compared to other factors in the development of sustainable urban tourism in region 22, and should be at the top of the executive actions of managers and officials in order to realize it.

Keywords

• Strategic Planning
• Tourism
• Sustainable Development of Urban Tourism
• Ecological Power
• 22nd District of Tehran

Main Subjects

• Geography And Urben Planning