Analysis of factors affecting tourism development city Khalkhal in Province Ardebil using strategic model SWOT

Tourism is one of the largest and high-yielding economic activity in the world, the development of which requires sufficient knowledge of the issues and economic factors, Social and cultural development in each region. One of the city's tourist areas in Khalkhal in Ardebil province, due to topographical and geological structure, is full of tourist sites in terms of ecotourism.

This research uses SWOT model and descriptive-analytical approach and field studies and libraries whose purpose is to assess the tourism potentials of Khalkhal city in Ardabil province.

Analysis of the above model in this study shows that in the matrix analysis, strengths are 1.61, weaknesses are 1.26, opportunities are equal to 1.77 and the amount of threat is equal to 1.19, tourism potentials of Khalkhal city, in the first priority aggressive strategies are the second priority in planning competitive strategies. For this purpose, first the initial strategies of SO with a value of 3.38 and then the strategies of OW with a value of 3.03 in the SWOT matrix are in the first and second priority, indicating the best strategies in sustainable tourism in Khalkhal region.

According to the results of the present study defensive strategies (WT) with a score of 2.45, conservative strategies (TS) with a score of 2.8, represents the weakest sustainable tourism strategy in the area known Khalkhal.