Study Religious Tourism position Mashhad’s in Major Urban documents

Considering the situation of Mashhad city, the existence of an integrated plan and program, a large project with a single vision for the development of this city, and attention to the most important element of the development of this city, namely religious tourism, seems necessary. Therefore, the present study seeks to investigate and evaluate the influential factors on religious tourism status in Mashhad. In the present study, the descriptive-analytical method has been used in terms of applied purpose and according to the nature of the research. The data collection method was by completing a questionnaire by experts and experts. The statistical population in the present study, according to the determination of organizations related to the research subject, five senior managers from each organization were considered as a statistical sample, for which a total of 50 people were selected and a non-probabilistic sampling method. A quota with a pre-determined number of samples and experts was used. The study's findings concerning the factors affecting religious tourism in Mashhad show that the variable in the field of tourism management with an average (3.96) has the highest score. Then the physical-infrastructural and economic variables have a higher average (3.74). The socio-cultural variable was in the last rank compared to the other three, with an average of 3.64. Also, in the approved structural model, it was found that the field of tourism management, with a coefficient of 0.86, has had the greatest impact on the development of religious tourism in Mashhad.