Geotourism
zahra zangenehtabar; Maesomeh Rajabi; Shahram Roustaie
Abstract
Objective: The potential of geodiversity determines the geotourism potential of regions, and regions with high geotourism potential have great potential for tourism development purposes. Considering that Kermanshah province has a lot of diversity in terms of natural factors, in this research, the geodiversity ...
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Objective: The potential of geodiversity determines the geotourism potential of regions, and regions with high geotourism potential have great potential for tourism development purposes. Considering that Kermanshah province has a lot of diversity in terms of natural factors, in this research, the geodiversity and geotourism potential of this province has been evaluated.
Methods: In this research, SRTM 30 meters high digital model, geological maps 1:100000 and digital information layer as well as the information obtained from the questionnaire and interview are used as the most important research data. The most important research tools are ArcGIS and Google Earth. This research has been done in 3 stages, in the first stage, the geodiversity potential of Kermanshah province has been assessed using the method of Dias et al. In the second and third stages, first 120 geosites were identified and then 40 geosites were selected and then evaluated using Kubalíkova and Comanescu methods.
Results: the sum of evaluation results using Kubalíkova and Comanescu methods has shown that among the geosites of Kermanshah province, spring of Bel geosite is the most valuable geosite of Kermanshah province with 87.7% of the total points. Qori Qala geosites with 83.3 points, the mirage of Taq Bostan with 82.8 points, Biston wall and Chahar zebar gorge with 81.4 points, Darian dam and mirage of Ravansar with 81.3 points have the highest points.
Conclusions: The results of this research have shown that Kermanshah province, especially its northern regions, has a high potential in terms of geodiversity, and this issue has caused this province to have many potential and diverse geosites
