A Methodology for Urban Landscape Studies in Tourism

In recent years, the role of urban landscape in producing more tourism revenue has been considered by researchers in the field of tourism and urban planning, especially in developed countries as pioneers of urban tourism development. Current research is a start for emphasizing urban tourism and its role in attracting more tourists and flourishing urban tourism. Research methodologies in this area had divergence of approach and the role of urban landscape in urban tourism has not been emphasized. This paper is an attempt to study the most current scientific literature in this area and present the result of their analysis in a descriptive, analytic, and documentary. The goal was to present the most suitable methods and tools for studying the role of urban tourism in urban tourism. The result is that urban landscape has impacts on the mental image of tourists, their experience, and tourists’ relation with location. The results of study also show that the applications of qualitative methods are preferred. Using observational methods, interview, and picture provides more desirable results. Urban landscape and urban tourism have different dimensions that can be studied by these methods. Usually quantitative methods and questioners do not provide suitable responses.