ECOTOURISM ZONING IN SISTAN&BALOUCHESTAN BY USING GIS
ECOTOURISM ZONING IN SISTAN&BALOUCHESTAN BY USING GIS

Summary/Abstract: Sistan&Balouchestan Province is located on the arid areas. Geographical position of Sistan&Balouchestan and its various lands (in view of topographic, hydrologic and climatic conditions) have created a beautiful area in the east of Iran. There are 117 tourist attractions that it indicates this province can be developed in the field of ecotourism. In this paper, Makhdoum Ecological Model has been used for Ecotourism Zoning ofthis province. This model is the sole ecological model to develop ecotourism activitiesin Iran. It is on the basis of systemic analysis and multi-criteria evaluating. Combination and overlay of the layer has been performed by ARCGIS 10.2. Than Fuzzy and Boolean logic Models and Query have been used to search for ecotourism. According to outputs of different models and evaluating Makhdoum Ecological Model, it is found that east ofSistan&Balouchestan Province has better conditions to develop ecotourism on the basis of various high densities, climates and natural views. All maps illustrate that focus of ecotourism zonings is located on the east. Map No.6-1 provided by using Zonal Statistics inGIS illustrates that 55147 pixels have been analyzed in the model that 23000 suitable pixels for ecotourism are located on the east of the province alone.

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