Identification and prioritization of tourist attractions in the direction of regional expansion (Case study: Province Kurdistan)

Today, tourism is an activity is one of the high income activities in the world that has economic, social and cultural development values and it can play an important role in the development of underdeveloped regions. The purpose of this study is the prioritization of tourist areas of Kurdistan. The study seeks to answer which of the tourist attraction regions have better conditions for direct investment and development. The type of this research study is applied descriptive analytical method of research, and library and field study methods (observation, interviews, and questionnaires) were used for collecting data. In order to analyze data VIKOR and TOPSIS models were used. The results using TOPSIS indicate that the samples areas for tourism such as the Abider, Zarivar Lake, Village Oraman Takht amusement park each have a coefficient of 0.007, 0.071, and .103 and with rank of 1, 2 and 3 and the other samples tourism areas Zarivar Lake, Abider tourism area, and Village Oraman Takht amusement park each with a coefficient of 0.872, 0.851 and 0.77 and with rank 1, 2 and 3 respectively.