Analysis on the Quality of Urban Tourism Spaces in the Yazd City in Order to Urban Tourism Development

The main purpose of this research is investigation of tourism Spaces of Yazd in terms of internal and external tourists. In fact the main hypothesis of the research is that the quality of tourism in the city of Yazd is average. For this investigation, 14 indicators (Accessibility, Possibility to stop the car, Distance from main roads, Distance from terminals, Distance from hotel and accommodation, Appropriate lighting, Readability of space, vitality of the tourism space, Supply and distribution of handicrafts, Advertising and the introduction of spaces, A suitable space for children's play, Great place to relax, Distance to the main shopping and shopping malls and Diversity) and 15 tourism attractions were selected. In the next step, with using questionnaire techniques the status of tourism in the case study was evaluated based on the indicators. Therefore, 400 questionnaires were distributed among tourists and and 390 completed questionnaires without error were collected. Finally, using SPSS software and statistical tests (One-sample t-test) collected data, were analyzed. The results showed that the total of 14 indicators studied, the index of supply and distribution of handicrafts in tourism spaces with a mean of 4.60 is in the first rank. Also the vitality index tourist areas with the lowest average (1.84) is allocated to the fourth rank and can be said the quality of tourism in Yazd in terms of the mentioned index is undesirable. Based on research results and calculations the final score and the average quality of tourism services provided in Yazd is equal to 10/3 Which shows the quality of tourism services in the city of Yazd is moderate. Based on research results about five indicators (Distance from the main roads, Readability of space, Advertising and the introduction of spaces, Great place to relax, distance to the main shopping and shopping malls) the level of significance was more than 0.05, which can be said in relation to these indicators, the research hypothesis (the quality of tourism in the city of Yazd is average) Confirmed. Studies show that despite great potential in tourism in the Yazd City, there have been few good practices. While, Tourism development can be considered as a city development strategy