Journal of Tourism and Development

Journal of Tourism and Development

Analysis of effective factors in construction and development of winter ski resorts geomorphocites (case study: Sahand Mountain hillsides)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
davood mokhtari
vahid emamikia
tabriz university-geography & planning
10.22034/jtd.2020.110374
Abstract
Tourism industry has been classified to different types according to the target of tourists which geo-tourism is one of these targets. Sahand Mountain hillsides have unique mountainous texture for construction and development of geomorphocites such winter ski resorts as a symbol of winter tourism due to specific typographic and climatic features. The aim of this research is to analyze the effective factors in construction and development of winter ski resorts geomorphocites in the studied area. In this research of ten indictors of height, slope, slope orientation, hillside shape, annual temperature, annual precipitation, vegetation, protection, availability and stability of snow have been used.andnbsp; The maps were constructed in software Arc GIS and they were weighted by AHP and then enveloped in software Arc GIS using TOPSIS model and final map of the zones vulnerable for construction and development of winter ski resorts geomorphocites were prepared. The results show that northeast hillsides and parts of east hillsides with total area of 25778 m2 have very appropriate zones for construction and development of winter ski resorts geomorphocites
Keywords
geo-tourism
geomorphocite
ski resort
Sahand Mountain