Tourism development in the urban side's promenades (Study case: Barzok City)

Abstract

Tourism phenomenon is rooted in Motion and displacement and it gives mobility to human life in impartibly way. Today tourism activity is one of the most dynamic activities in the world, so that the number of domestic and foreign tourists and the revenue of it is growing continuously in the world. Many countries are increasingly aware of this fact that for improving their economic situation they need to initiate and seek new ways to cope. One of these methods is electronic tourism or e-tourism that have much significance and have attracted attention of the most countries over the past two decades. Ecotourism, in the countryside or in the nature is the most interest for those who live in urban areas with high financial situation but have stressful life and eager them to return to nature and live in rural communities. It is worth to mentioning that there is no country lacks raw materials for the development of tourism and in the meantime Iran have a lot of great features and is a rich country in terms of geological phenomena. The study case in this article is Barzok city in Kashan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. This study examined the data gathered through library research and questionnaires administered to tourists. The required data were gathered through survey with questionnaires as the instrument. The data were then analyzed by SPSS. According to observations in Barzok, which is recently called a city and not a village anymore, tourism is developing in the area and its development is being supported through different activities.