MohamadReza Torkaman - Young Researchers Club Malayer Branch
Mojtaba Arasteh: - Young Researchers Club Tehran-Center Branch

One of the problems observed in desert villages is deterioration of agricultural activities resulted in unemployment and migration of residents to adjacent cities. It seems that the only way these villages can choose to survive is utilizing suitable alternatives for future development adapted with sustainability concepts. One of these villages is Kharanagh (located in 125km northeast of Yazd) that is situated near desert and has great potential for attracting tourists.On the other hand, Tourism and tourism economy is becoming one of the most important sectors in all over the world. Furthermore, many of planners and policy makers regard tourism industry as the main element of sustainable development. In parallel with, rural tourism is one of sub sectors of tourism industry that can have effective role developing regions and finally national development by a structured planning and identifying limitations and advantages.This article using RDS technique (that has a similar methodology and process to CDS1) has depicted a development vision for Kharanagh village based on rural tourism development. This technique is based on one of the main goals of Reconstruction and Development Program that is used for reconstructing and developing villages and is the main program for challenging poverty and enabling rural residents.The finding shows that tourism attractions should be searched in historical, natural and socio-cultural aspects. As Kharanagh has so valuable heritage and is located in a region full of valuable centers and monumental buildings that we can focus on tourism to introduce and identify its attractions to bloom the village economically

Kharanagh, Rural Development Challenges, Rural Development Strategy, Rural Tourism