An analysis of the role of natural factors in the development of sustainable tourism in the southern regions of Mazandaran (Case study: Band pei section of Babol County)

Today,Tourism is one of the economic activities with high growth in the world. Unfortunately, tourism in our country, especially in the sector of band pei Babel , despite having many potentials, including natural ones has not been able to take a significant role in the economic development of the people. The purpose of this research is to investigate and analyze the role of natural capabilities in the development of sustainable tourism in Band pei Babol. The method research is from the aspect of practical purpose and in terms of descriptive-analytical and field nature, which has been collected with library and field methods and tools such as questionnaire.The information obtained through the software (SPSS) has been analyzed, finally, through one-sample t-test, Pearson's correlation test and Friedman's test. Three indices of geological and geomorphological attractions, plant and animal,climatic and water have been used in the research.The results show that according to the comparison of the average value of the assessed items in the field of natural capabilities and sustainable tourism development of Bandpei sector considering that the obtained sig is lower than the alpha level was 0.05 it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between the natural capabilities and sustainable tourism development.Climatic and water attractiveness indices have an average rank of 3.85 plant and animal attractiveness with 3.46 and geological and geomorphological attractiveness with 2. 98 respectively have assigned the rank of one to three in the study area.Keywords: natural capability, sustainable tourism development, Babol county