Potential Assessment of Ecotourism Development Areas

Urban Life and its mechanical necessities led to rise the interesting in nature and find peace among the citizen increasingly. Related to answer to this need and organizing، a new type of tourism has been framed in tourism literature. Nowadays، Ecotourism is outstanding among other types of tourism and has grown significantly in the past twenty years. Qom province is one of the most famous Iranian destinations and is necessary for this province to be notice of diversifying of its tourism products as well as religious tourism. Aims to this issue are identify and prioritize ecotourism potential areas in the Province، The Ecological Capability Evaluation model is used to identify potential areas and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to prioritize. Related to configuring ecotourism zones and attracting investors، the article is focused on Intensive ecotourism areas. Among of These areas، 6 areas are selected and prioritized based on 5 factors and 29 indexes. The results were finally indicated that Hozesoltan، Kahak، Dastjerd، Salafchegan، Ghahan and Palang Dare are ranked sequentially by 0. 83، 0. 74، 0. 73، 0. 72، 0. 62 and 0. 57 scores.