Assessment of Geo-Tourism Structure in Bojnoord City Sustainable Tourism Development

Abstract

Nowadays, issues such as population growth, gradual reduction of naturalresources, increasing pollution, unbalanced distribution in resources,the crisis of ecological conservation, urbanization growth andincreasing human awareness are as a result of social changes in humanlife. Even changes in the attitude of people toward the trip phenomenonlead to several changes in this industry. The concept of ecotourism,geo-tourism, geo-park and sustainable tourism represent the evolution ofideas, including new solutions that will meet the modern world's needswith valued targets in its plan. The emphasis of this article is onmorphological characteristics in line with sustainable development goalsand ecological resources protection of the region to attract certaintourists through the identification and introducing the potentialattraction of the area. Analytical and experimental research methods arebased on statistical data, quantitative analysis methods and datacollection methods in library and field methods. This case study(Bojnoord city) presents comprehensive image about geomorphologicalattractions of Bojnoord city. The results indicated that through theinternal and external processes of land phenomena, beautiful landscapessuch as anticlines, synclines, straits and erosional forms, springs,waterfalls, peaks and valleys with special and unique effects canattract tourists in different ages and educational levels in differentseasons of the year.