Exploring the Geotouristic and Geomorphological capacities of Sabzevar county using Geotourism models (case study: Roodab, Rivand, Tabas)

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1 , Master's student in tourism development planning management, faculty of social sciences, Mohaghegh Ardabili University

2 Assistant Professor of Management and Economics, university of Mohaghegh Ardabili

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

10.22034/gp.2024.61117.3248

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Geotourism is one of the newest concepts in the field of tourism and primarily focuses on enhancing geological and geomorphological features in landscapes as tourist attractions. The current research aims to analyze the geo-touristic and geomorphological capacities of Sabzevar county using the models of Hadžić, Kubalikova and Feuillet. The geo-touristic areas of Roodab, Rivand and Tabas were selected as the study areas. This research was conducted by completing 108 questionnaires (25 tourist and 11 experts for each model) for each of the three study areas and calculating their scores. According to the results obtained from the Hadžić model and the examination of scientific and surplus values by experts and tourists; the Tabas region with a score of 91.68 has the highest geo-touristic potential and the Rivand region with a score of 25.41 has the lowest. Also based on the results obtained from the Kubalikova model, the Tabas region with a score of 76.8 has the highest score and the Rivand region with a score of 49.6 has the lowest in the total scientific, educational, economic, conservation and cultural values. The results from the evaluation through the Feuillet model and the examination of managerial and tourism values also indicate that the Tabas region with a score of 86.7 has the highest score and the Rivand region with a score of 36.6 has the lowest in the total evaluation values. Therefore, it is concluded that the Tabas region in Sabzevar county, among the studied areas, has greater geo-touristic and geomorphological potential. Finally, it is suggested that future studies for analyzing the geo-touristic capacities of Sabzevar county should use new and updated software and models.

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هدف: هدف از این پژوهش، واکاوی ظرفیت‌های ژئوتوریستی و ژئومورفولوژیکی شهرستان سبزوار با استفاده از مدل‌های هادزیک،کوبالیکوا و فیولت است. این پژوهش با تمرکز بر ارتقای ویژگی‌های زمین‌شناسی و ژئومورفولوژیکی در مناظر به عنوان جاذبه‌های گردشگری انجام شده است. مختصات جغرافیایی مناطق مورد مطالعه 56 درجه و 33 دقیقه تا 58 درجه و 16 طول شرقی و 35 درجه و 27 دقیقه تا 35 درجه و 54 دقیقه عرض شمالی می‌باشد.

روش پژوهش: در این پژوهش، سه منطقه ژئوتوریستی شامل رودآب، ریوند و طبس به عنوان مناطق مورد مطالعه انتخاب شدند. برای جمع‌آوری داده‌ها، 108 پرسشنامه تکمیل شد که شامل 25 گردشگر و 11 کارشناس برای هر مدل در هر یک از مناطق بود. سپس امتیازات مربوط به هر منطقه براساس این پرسش‌نامه‌ها و مدل‌های مورد استفاده، محاسبه و تحلیل شد.

نتایج: نتایج حاصل از مدل هادزیک نشان داد که در بررسی ارزش‌های علمی و مازاد، منطقه طبس با امتیاز 91.68 بیش‌ترین توان ژئوتوریستی را دارد، در حالی که منطقه ریوند با امتیاز 25.41 کم‌ترین امتیاز را کسب کرده است. همچنین، براساس مدل کوبالیکوا، منطقه طبس با امتیاز 76.8 در مجموع ارزش‌های علمی، آموزشی، اقتصادی، حفاظتی و فرهنگی بالاترین امتیاز را بدست آورد و منطقه ریوند با امتیاز 49.6 کم‌ترین امتیاز را داشت. نتایج مدل فیولت نیز نشان داد که طبس با امتیاز 86.7 بیش‌ترین امتیاز را در ارزش‌های مدیریتی و گردشگری کسب کرده، درحالی که ریوند با امتیاز 36.6 کم‌ترین امتیاز را دارا بود.

نتیجه‌گیری: این پژوهش نشان می‌دهد که منطقه طبس در شهرستان سبزوار در مقایسه با سایر مناطق مورد مطالعه، از توان ژئوتوریستی و ژئومورفولوژیکی بیش‌تری برخوردار است. در نهایت، پیشنهاد می‌شود که در مطالعات آتی برای واکاوی ظرفیت‌های ژئوتوریستی شهرستان سبزوار از نرم‌افزارها و مدل‌های جدید و به‌روز استفاده گردد.

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