A New Approach in Developing Tribal Regions

Expanding the means of communication and transportation, tourism is now considered as one of the most important and fundamental industries in economy and culture. This industry is very important in two respects: Firstly, it takes steps making familiar of nations with other cultures, tribes, people, territories and dialects, and etc. Secondly, economically, it is one of the resources of income and hard currency. According to the authorities, Iran is one of the top ten countries in the world from the viewpoints of historic, cultural, natural and anthropological attractions. This great resource, having numerous potential possibilities, has provided an appropriate bed for planners to develop tourism in different places of Iran. In the meantime, the realms of migration and inhabitation of the Iranian tribes, from the viewpoint of different attractions, especially variety natural and cultural situations, meet very suitable circumstances to develop the domestic tourism. On the basis of the social census of the migrating tribes in 1998-99, the Iranian tribal society has consisted of 102 clans and independent 592 tribes. This society includes a population about 1,300,000 people. The Iranian tribal society has various attractions to admit and attract tourists and expansion the tourism. It can be pointed out to the variety of languages and dialects, different shapes of migration, various types of shelters, variety customs, beauty clothes, handicrafts and etc as tourism attractions of tribal regions. The research methodology of this article has been based on conducting library studies, interview with well-informed people such as directors of tour and travel agencies and well-experienced experts, in addition to appearance repeatedly and observance of the author in tribal regions. In the present article, in addition to focus on tourism issues in Iran and describing the features of the Iranian tribal regions, the tourism challenges and outlooks in the tribal regions are also paid into attention. At the end, some necessary proposals for utilization by the managers, planners, experts, and university students are produced.