Identification, assessment and ranking of estuaries in the eastern of the Strait of Hormuz for sustainable tourism development (From Minab to Jask)

Tourism is one of the best parts of economic positioning that can generate economic growth and develop social one in the destination. In the present research, estuaries in the eastern part of Hormuz Strait were evaluated from the perspective of tourism development. First, the location of estuaries was identified by fieldwork and NDVI and NDWI remote sensing techniques. using two methods, Kubalíková and Brilha, evaluating tourism development potential in estuaries was carried out.  In the Brilha method, The results showed that Azini estuary with 870 points from total points of values has the first rank. Tiyab site with 840, kolahi with 665, Louran with 660, and Kargan with 560 points were in the next ranks. Also, the results of the Kubalíková method showed that Azini estuary with 12 points was in the highest rank, and Tiyab with 11.5, kolahi with 8/75, Louran with 25/8, and Kargan with 5/25 points were in the next ranks.