The Role of Border Cities in the Geopolitics Development of Tourism

Today, one of the important factors for achieving development is the revenue role of tourism and attracting tourists within the country, which is always dependent on having a cohesive national and territorial space and optimally functioning cities. Success in the field of tourism depends on having historical and scenic monuments, beautiful and developed cities, people with high culture, knowledge and awareness, statesmen free from the induction of personal thoughts, efficient planning system, and so on. In the meantime, it can be said that the role of cities in attracting tourists has higher degrees. Border cities can be successful in attracting tourists due to their security role and the gateway for goods and people. Establishment of border markets, the existence of rivers and natural factors, the existence of historical monuments such as castles or the type of border in such cities, are among the factors attracting tourism. This article descriptively-analytically and using library resources and tables and websites, seeks to investigate the role and position of border cities in the geopolitical development of tourism and tourist attraction. The main question of this article is whether border cities can be successful in attracting tourism and developing tourism by using tourism geopolitics? And the hypothesis of the article is that border cities with the potential to attract tourism and the geopolitical position they have in a country, can be successful in developing and attracting tourism. The results show that border cities, due to their location, have the ability to develop geopolitical tourism and attract tourists.