یحیی آریانمهر

Economic growth and development is one of the goals that every economy pursues and the reason for this is many benefits that accomplish economic growth. Therefore, in the seventh development plan, like other previous ones, the issue of growth and development must be taken into account. In this regard, special attention should be paid to the concept of land management and sub-sectors that have advantages such as tourism. Tourism as the fourth most lucrative industry in the world, has high economic and social benefits, the development of which is one of the least costly methods of economic growth in the Seventh Development Plan. And since Iran is one of the top 10 countries in the world in terms of tourist attractions and one of the top 15 countries in terms of tourism diversity and one of the top 8 in the world in terms of diversity of handicrafts whereas in terms of climate diversity on the one hand and the existence of unique historical and cultural sites on the other, it is one of the few countries that has an absolute advantage in attracting world tourism. Therefore, in this article, the effect of foreign tourism on the economic growth of Iran's provinces in general and the separation of 9 land management zones in particular were studied to be proposed as an important sub-section in the seventh plan with respect to impact and the possibility of policy-making for planned areas. To achieve this, the data panel method and quarterly data collected from the Statistics Center of Iran and the Cultural Heritage Organization during 2011 to 2018 were used. The results showed that tourism has had a positive and significant effect on economic growth in most provinces of Iran. The highest effect is in areas 4 and 5 and the least effect is in areas 8 and 9 of land management, respectively. Therefore, special attention should be paid to capacity building in this sub-section in the seventh plan.

Health tourism is of great importance due to its high capacity to earn foreign exchange and Iran's potential in the field of medicine, as well as the existence of suitable natural resources (hot springs and salt domes, salt water lakes and sludge treatment facilities). However, Iran's share of the health tourism market is small, despite its high capacity. Therefore, measuring the sensitivity of foreign health tourism demand in different regions of Iran to effective factors is necessary to increase Iran's share of foreign health tourism. Therefore, in this study, using the almost ideal demand (AIDS) with the help of the system of simultaneous equations, the health tourism demand function is estimated. For this purpose, using the questionnaire, the opinion of 216 foreign tourists in the two fields of medical tourism (medical) and prevention (health) has been obtained and it has been estimated using the system of simultaneous equations. According to the results of the near-ideal demand estimate, the price elasticity of health tourism demand (both treatment and prevention) is greater than one, while the price elasticity of other goods and accommodation services is less than one. Also, according to the sensitivity results of health tourists' demand (separately for treatment and prevention), the corresponding variables are significant coefficients such as tourist income, visa duration, price, expenses, exchange rate changes, inflation rate in Iran. In the field of medical tourism demand, the variables of waiting time for receiving services, physician reputation and specialty and in the field of health tourism demand, the variables of accommodation quality, level of medical capacities, level of cooperation between tourism agencies and medical centers and health tourism facilities They have been influential in health tourism demand.