Study of interaction of architecture and tourism(Architourism) with the aim of economic development in Iran

Iran has diverse tourism attraction ranging from historical, cultural, natural, religious and other fields. According to World Tourism Organization report Iran with regards to historical and ancient attractions, natural and handicrafts attraction is ranking tenth, fifth and third respectively in the world [1]. Accordingly the tourism industry in Iran has a high capacity for growth and sustainable development. On the other hand there are numerous obstacles in the development of tourism in Iran of which we could mention are the unpreparedness of suitable substrates for investment attraction for hotel construction and other related industries in this area, local and international advertisements, lack of transport facilities and so on.Therefore due to the capacity of the tourism industry such as creation of job opportunities, infrastructure development, foreign tourists, increased demand for domestic goods, Increase in exports and foreign investment possibility, spread of foreign exchange income and redistribution are all important with regards to expansion of economic growth.In this regard, one of the leading topics in the field of tourist attraction is to care for two important factors of tourism and architecture and their interaction with regards to the growth of tourism industry. This definition is regarded as Architourism. Therefore, with a unique design and architecture and creation of Architourism we could create tourist attractions.

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tourism , architecture , architourism , iran , economic development