Comparative assessment of tourism in the aim villages of Golestan Province

Unemployment and lack of employment opportunities as the main problem in rural areas, while driving a significant portion of human resources in rural areas , has been imposed undesirable effects on population structure, social and economic urban and rural areas has been imposed. Status of agriculture in the future reflect the reality that, increasing employment in rural areas requires the development of industry and services sectors and therefore one of the main strategies to solve rural problems is, structural and functional diversification of rural economy. Rural tourism as an empowerment strategy and having comparative advantage can cause economic development through entrepreneurship and private investment, and create the necessary background for development of small and medium businesses. Precondition for the realization of this case is identifying the centers that have advantages of tourism attraction. This study has been done for identifying the potential for sustainable tourism in the aim villages of Golestan Province and prioritize them for necessary investments. This research is applied and based on the descriptive-analytical methods.The population of the study in clouds 30 relevant experts and 384 households determined by Cochran formula. Data collected have been possible through library resources and field survey and prioritization of villages based on (Topsis) model. Research findings shows that there is not an effective agreement between the level abilities of natural, cultural-historical tourism villages of zone, with the infrastructure level of them. On the other hand a significant correlation between the volume of tourist and infrastructure potential, shows that enjoyment of natural, cultural-historic potential of villages is not possible without improving infrastructure potential of them. Using topsis model and rating tourism capabilities was specified that from thirteen tourist villages in Golestan provinceZeearat village from Gorgan county, Pa qale from Ramian county and Afratakhte in Ali Abad county have the most tourism potential.to increase the number of tourists Of the goal villages improving the basic facilities and gradation of the accessibility have been suggested.