planning the resorts surrounding towns with emphasis on Health Tourism: Case Study of Todlooyeh Hot Spring

urban development and complexities of environmental issues have made the existence of resorts and their expansion inevitable. Sustainable urban development has been the source of many movements of the return to nature. This return, in terms of tourism, can contribute to developing and stabilizing the areas. Developing tourism axes surrounding towns and villages is one of the ways to recover social and economic spaces in terms of ecotourism and tourism areas. Also, in the process of urbanization in the world, the forgotten relationship between human and nature can be established; Nowadays, work pressure, physical fatigue, skin infections, etc., threaten human health and people have turned to health tourism to maintain, improve and gain back their mental and physical health. Therapeutic waters and hot springs have the capacity to attract and develop tourism in all seasons of the year. Most hot springs are located in rural areas and around cities, so they are important as a destination for health tourism. Hormozgan province with its climatic and geographical conditions and having numerous hot springs, has the merit to be considered as a special zone for health tourism. The purpose of this research is to plan urban tourist resorts and to find out the factors affecting the attraction of tourists to Todlooyeh Hot Spring. The population includes the tourism authorities of the city of Bastak. The sample size is of 35 is determined using the Delphi method. Using Praloong method, comparison is made between the tourism shifter and efficiency shifter in terms of and tourism value. The result of comparison indicates that value of 0.73for beauty shifter, 0.89 for scientific shifter 0.43 for cultural one, and economical shifter achieved0.59. the findings show in spite of the high values for beauty and scientific shifters, economy does not show a considerable score, so the natural, recreational, and medical capabilities of Todlooyeh Hot Spring are not used appropriately to attract tourists and increase revenue. The evaluation of the productivity and quality of spa resorts with a score of 0.21 and 0.11 Todlooyeh is indicative of the weak conditions of tourism infrastructure of the area.