Economic valuation of Qeshm geopark natural resort using cost method of travel

Geopark Qeshm, with an area of about 30 km2 , is located in the western part of Qeshm city.
. The purpose of this study was to estimate the geopark recreational value in Qeshm by the cost method, This method is based on the estimation of the relationship between the number of visitors to a recreation, and the distance of their residential accommodation from the resort and the average cost of seafarers . To this end, considering Qeshm Geopark as the center, 6 half-circles with a constant 95-kilometer distance to cover the entire country. Then, using the existing statistics and statistics, the area and population living in each region were calculated. At the next stage, the socioeconomic data extracted from the supplementary questionnaires by the visitors was analyzed. According to the available data, the relationship between the cost of traveling to the number of visitors to the resort is drawn. Then, considering the different rudders and adding them to the total access fees, the new ratio of visitors and the demand curve of Geopark Qeshm is drawn up. Finally, the daily recreational value of Geopark Qeshm was calculated by calculating the sub-curve of demand of 5055970000 Rials (equivalent to $ 11,243), which represents the high recreational value of this geopark. Also, the largest number of Geopark visitors is under the age of 40, and the majority of respondents have a diploma from college to college and the number of visitors has increased as income levels have increased.