چکیده:
Geomorphosites or special geomorphologic sites are new concepts which have entered tourism literature with an
emphasis on special sites. Basically, the goal for discussing such concepts is to identify landforms with special
importance on understanding the geomorphologic structure of a region and their scientific, ecological, cultural,
aesthetic, and economical values. Generally, they are used for comprehending and exploiting human tourism. The
tourism industry is, however, multidimensional and has economic, social, cultural and environmental (ecotourism,
geotourism) aspects. As a green and clean industry, ecotourism plays a major role on national tourism development
planning in Iran as well as attracting nature’s tourists which is a fundamental necessity forthis industry. Due to high
natural tourism capacities such as caves and diapirism, unique geological and geomorphological attractions along
with social and historical attractions, Kerman province is among the five historical and superior provinces for
tourism. This studyattempts to evaluate the geomorphosites of Kerman Province through Prolong approach and field
studies. Quadruple alloys studied in terms of their potential ability of geomorphosites in this research include
external, scientific, historical, cultural, social and economical beauty alloys. Two variables, exploitation value and
quality were taken into consideration. According to the results, Loot field desert geosite had the highest score. As
regards the values for exploitation level and quality, Meymand village obtained the highest score requiring greater
attention from the authorities.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"Dalfardia a Department of Range and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Kerman, Iran Received: 6 July 2014; Received in revised form: 14 January 2015; Accepted: 25 January 2015 Abstract Geomorphosites or special geomorphologic sites are new concepts which have entered tourism literature with an emphasis on special sites.
Kamyabi (2008) in his study "Evaluating natural and geotouristic attractions of Hable Rood (River Hable) basin and national park of Semnan’s desert" proposed that the aforementioned area is capable of becoming a Geoparkthrough planning management development and appropriate exploitation of geotouristic systems.
Concerning exploitation quality and level value, fluvial terrace geosites gained the highest score and climate indicators showed that the best climate for tourism in the area was observed in March, April, May, June, and August.
Evaluations show that tourism values of geomorphologic landforms in Kerman province tourism region are, respectively, due to high scientific value, external beauty value, historical and cultural value, and, finally, economical and social value of these landforms.
Results indicate that Kerman province tourism area with its infinite geomorphologic landforms is capable of becoming a geotop site where rare geomorphotouristic phenomena can be observed.
According to results, infinite landforms were observedin the region and Shahdad desert, Loot plain, Meymand village, Torang cave, and Rayn waterfall were identified and studied in the area.
Final evaluation showed that based on the Pralongapproach, Loot plain has the highest tourism value an Shahdad desert has the least capability to attract tourists among other landforms."