Analysis of the role of religious places in attracting tourist

Tourism as a phenomenon is constantly pushing its frontier forward, expanding its importance and involving more people globally. It is now world’s largest industry and as a multifaceted industry, it consists of various components and types. Before the First World War, and according to social class, there was no possibility of separating its different types. But nowadays, due to such various factors as time, place, motive and purpose, its different segmentations are also taken into consideration. The factors just made mention of are defined and classified in terms of time, place, citizenship, and especially incentive travel. Among all the forms of tourism, religious tourism in some countries is more important. This type of tourism is one of the most common forms of tourism around the world and its history is linked to centuries ago; it generally consists of travels and visits in which the main purpose is religious experience. Based on Iran's capabilities in tourist attractions and especially religious tourist attractions and because of its cultural and economic importance there is a huge potential for religious tourism. Hence, the current paper intends to study the consequences and functions of this phenomenon. In this research, which has been based on library and analytical studies We tried to analysis of the role of religious places in attracting tourist. and this research seeks to answer that question religious places What role in attracting tourist?