Review capabilities Geotourism using assessment methods and Zoning(Case study: city of Divandarreh and Saghez)

Geotourism is tourism that has said is attractive geological and geomorphological and considering the importance of the geosites have in development areas, In the present study it has been tried to the city geosites Divandarreh and Saghez as well as areas suitable for geotourism development in this area will be evaluated. For this purpose 16 geosites were selected in the study area. Then, using the two methods and Comanescu and Kubalikova. According to the criteria and subcriteria that each of these methods have been studied to evaluate them. Comanescu method is more emphasis on features beauty and landscape. For this reason geosites such as plain Saral, the beauty of the landscape and the perfect situation in this way the ratings are better than Kubalikova. Also areas of scientific and educational status are significantly better in the way Kubalikova have a higher rating. After evaluating geosites, maps zoning areas prone to the development of geotourism is provided. For this purpose the 8 parameters and for the purpose of zoning fuzzy modulation and ANP model is used. The results of zoning areas prone to the development of geotourism and as well as assessments made of two models indicate that in this area, cave Karafto, lake Shahid kazemi, plain Saral, Saghez river and mountain slopes Khan are the most suitable areas for targets. In fact, those areas with a high rating assessment procedures have gained in terms of the criteria that were considered in zoning are located in areas prone to the development of geotourism.