Site selection of health village in Ramsar city with AHP and VIKOR models

The city of Ramsar has a variety of tourist attractions and a familiar name for tourists. In this research, efforts have been made to identify areas that, in addition to the proper environmental situation and the availability of tourist attractions and communication infrastructure in the study area, which is in line with the natural conditions of that area, and the ability to become a health village. According to the environmental conditions of the city of Ramsar, the distance from the population centers (city and villages), proximity to the road, distance from the fault, distance from the river, distance from the slopes, proximity to the spa springs, elevation and slope as environmental indicators To locate the health village is considered. For this purpose, using GIS software version 10.5, the parameters were evaluated and finally, each digital map was prepared. The AHP model was used to obtain the weight of the indicators and the VIKOR model was used to rank the tourism criteria. The results of the research indicate that the selected zones and priorities are located in the northern part of the city.