Proposing and prioritizing the solutions for sustainable tourism in Geno protected area

Nowadays tourism has many economic benefits but has been created various environmental problems in these areas. In this research we studied and prioritized the various options for sustainable ecotourism in Geno protected area using TOPSIS method . Geno protected area is one of the most important protected area in Hormozgan province,it has a high ecological value and many tourist visit it every day. For conducting the study in the first step, criteria and sub criteria for sustainable tourism were selected. Then all criteria were scored by 15 experts and weighted using AHP method. Then final prioritizing was done using TOPSIS method. Results of ranking the criteria using AHP method showed that cost criteria (with 0.297 score) is in first place and then other criteria are : effects continuity (with 0.273 score) , effects expand (with 0.187 score), effects intensity (with 0.142 score) and effects certainty (with 0.101 score) and in according to TOPSIS method prioritizing of options are : increasing the conservative officers (with 0.582 score) , zonation (with 0.569 score), time limitation for ecotourists (with 0.538 score), fee determination for visiting (with 0.494 score), continuous monitoring of visitors effects (with 0.44 score), native people participation in protection (with 0.42 score), continuous training for staff and visitors (with 0.408 score), limitation in number of visitors in same time (with 0.393 score) and incentive policies (with 0.384 score).