Analysis of Spatial Distribution of Residential Centers in Urban Tourism Destinations Case Study: Rasht city

Urban tourism in order to maximize attain to inbound tourismon the one hand and increase their durability on the other hand needs to prerequisites. Among the most important of these prerequisites is the existence of tourist attractions as well as a variety of residential centers. In addition to the presence of these centers in cities, the location, space distribution and direction of distribution are important for them, which need to be studied.  Therefore, this study analyzing the spatial distribution of residential centers including hotels, guesthouses and passenger housing along with the tourist attractions of Rasht. The research method is descriptive-analytic. For analyzing the findings, the Average nearest neighbor, multi-distance spatial cluster analysis, Mean centre and standard deviational ellipse method have been used. The results of the research indicate that, based on the average nearest neighbor, the distribution pattern of residential units in general and passenger housing is clustered and the distribution of hotels is dispersed. Also, based on multi-distance spatial cluster analysis, distribution of tourist attractions is cluster, passenger housing is cluster and hotels and guesthouses are dispersed in Rasht. Also, in the case of residential centers to consider Similarly, the distribution is northeast / south-east. In general, the need for coordinated development of residential centers in Rasht is quite tangible. It seems that the custodians of residential centers in Rasht need to develop a coordinated and predetermined plan for the development of such centers.