Evaluation of geotourism and geomorphological potentials of touristic villages in Khalkhal city using geotourism models (K.F.Z)

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Professor of Department of Geography and Urban and Rural Planning, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

2 PhD student geomorphology university of mohegehg ardabili.ardabil.iran

10.22034/gp.2024.62249.3270

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Objective: Geotourism is a special field of tourism that focuses on the exploration of geotourism potentials and geological heritage (geosites). The purpose of the current research is to assess the geotourism and geomorphological potentials of the touristic villages of Khalkhal using Kobalikova, Violet and Zoros geotourism models. It is located at 37 degrees 7 minutes to 37 degrees 56 minutes north latitude and 48 degrees 1 minutes to 48 degrees 54 minutes east longitude. The current research is descriptive-analytical-applicative.

Methods: to evaluate the studied areas from the Fiolet models, which examines geotourist areas based on four criteria: origin of formation, geographical distribution, tourism, and access status; The Kubalikova model, which emphasizes more on scientific, educational, economic, conservation and additional criteria, and finally the Zoros model, which evaluates the studied areas in three parts of scientific-educational value, conservation values, and usability value, has been used.

Results: Based on the results obtained from the Fiolet model, the village of Kazaj is in favorable management and tourism conditions with scores of 0.68 and 0.65, respectively, in management and tourism rates. Based on the results obtained from the Kubalikova model, the village of Kazaj, with a score of 11.75 out of 18 points, has favorable conditions for the development of the rural tourism industry in the region. Also, according to the results obtained from the Zoros model, the village of Kazaj, with a score of 61.5 out of 100 points, has taken the first place among the studied geotourism villages and has many geotourism and geomorphological capabilities.

Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that the village of Kazaj is one of the rare villages in the region due to its geomorphological attractions and terraced view, and it has a high potential to attract tourists.

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هدف: ژئوتوریسم یک رشته خاص گردشگری است که بر اکتشاف پتانسیل‌های ژئوتوریستی و میراث زمین‌شناسی (ژئوسایت‌ها) متمرکز است. هدف از پژوهش حاضر توان‌سنجی پتانسیل‌های ژئوتوریستی و ژئومورفولوژیکی روستاهای گردشگرپذیر شهرستان خلخال با استفاده از مدل‌های ژئوتوریستی کوبالیکوا، فیولت و زوروس می‌باشد. در 37 درجه و 7 دقیقه تا 37 درجه و 56 دقیقه عرض شمالی و هم‌چنین 48 درجه و 1 دقیقه تا 48 درجه و 54 دقیقه طول شرقی واقع شده است. پژوهش حاضر از لحاظ هدف توصیفی-تحلیلی-کاربری است.

روش پژوهش: برای ارزیابی مناطق موردمطالعه از مدل‌های فیولت که مناطق ژئوتوریستی را بر اساس چهار معیار منشأ شکل‌گیری، پراکندگی جغرافیایی، گردشگری و وضعیت دسترسی موردبررسی قرار می‌دهد؛ مدل کوبالیکوا که بیش‌تر بر معیارهای علمی، آموزشی، اقتصادی، حفاظتی و افزوده تأکید دارد و در نهایت مدل زوروس که مناطق مورد مطالعه را در سه بخش ارزش علمی-آموزشی، ارزش‌های حفاظتی و ارزش قابلیت استفاده مورد ارزیابی قرار می‌دهد، استفاده شده است.

نتایج: بر اساس نتایج به دست آمده از مدل فیولت، روستای کزج در نرخ‌های مدیریتی و گردشگری به ترتیب با کسب امتیازات 68/0 و 65/0 در شرایط مطلوب مدیریتی و گردشگری قرار دارد. بر اساس نتایج به دست آمده از مدل کوبالیکوا روستای کزج با کسب امتیاز 75/11 از مجموعه امتیاز 18 دارای شرایط مطلوب برای گسترش صنعت گردشگری روستایی در منطقه است. هم‌چنین طبق نتایج به دست آمده از مدل زوروس روستای کزج با کسب امتیاز 5/61 از مجموعه امتیاز 100 در بین روستاهای ژئوتوریستی موردمطالعه رتبه اول را به خود اختصاص داده است و دارای قابلیت‌های ژئوتوریستی و ژئومورفولوژیکی متعدد است.

نتیجه‌گیری: بنابراین نتیجه گیری می‌گردد روستای کزج به دلیل داشتن جاذبه‌های ژئومورفولوژیکی و نمای پلکانی جزو روستاهای نادر در منطقه بوده و توانمندی بالایی در جهت جذب گردشگر را داراست. 

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