The Importance of Urban Public Spaces in Sustainable Development of Urban Tourism (Case Study: Region 1 in Hamedan municipality)

Today, urban public spaces in addition to being a place for people and social interaction are used as tourism spaces. In the meantime, in addition to the increase of citizen's awareness about the role of tourism, especially tourism, economic development and job creation in urban areas, urban awareness of the decision-makers in this area has been greatly increased. In this study it was attempted to evaluate the condition of public urban spaces in region 1 of Hamedan as the main tourism spaces with an approach to urban designing elements.
In this study, after library and field studies, preparation of questionnaires and using SWOT analysis we evaluated the condition urban public spaces in region 1 of Hamadan City (the first ring).
The results indicated that the importance of improving urban transport network, qualitative improvement of public spaces and urban tourism designing elemts as well as amplification of comfort, safety and relative comfort for tourists’ and residents’ easy access to the mentioned spaces.
Improvement of urban public spaces and their main elements, including urban furniture and equipment, can lead to achieve sustainable development of tourism and enhancement of satisfaction and attraction of urban tourists.