Recreating the urban historical context with a tourism development approach Case study: District 7 of Mashhad Municipality

Document Type : Article extracted From phd dissertation

Authors

1 PhD Student, Department of Geography and Urban Planning - Islamic Azad University, Shirvan Branch, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning - Islamic Azad University, Shirvan Branch, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning - Islamic Azad University, Shirvan Branch, Iran

Abstract

The historical contexts of cities, which in most cases form the primary and main core of any city, reflect the past civilization and culture of cities and play an essential role in attracting tourists to these areas. The field of tourism is very important in them. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of recreating the historical buildings and textures of Haft region of Mashhad on the development of tourism in this region. The research method is descriptive-analytical and the main tool for data collection is a questionnaire. The statistical population in the present study is the residents of Haft city of Mashhad, which was determined as a statistical sample using the Cochran's formula of 384 people. Findings show that the factors of organizing and transforming defenseless spaces (ranked 28.54), satisfaction with the absence of environmental pollution (ranked 26.80), the existence of new structures in accordance with local and traditional architectural patterns (ranked 26.78), creating Local food fairs (ranked 26.58) have the highest rank and the index of improving the quality of products and shopping facilities and variety of choices (ranked 17.81) has the lowest ranking, affecting the development of tourism in the seventh region. Finally, the results of research on the Haft city of Mashhad showed that the revitalization and reconstruction of its texture and historical monuments are the most necessary infrastructure for tourism development and to achieve tourism development in the historical context of Haft city of Mashhad, long-term plans need to provide infrastructure And changing the short-term perspectives of urban management.The historical contexts of cities, which in most cases form the primary and main core of any city, reflect the past civilization and culture of cities and play an essential role in attracting tourists to these areas. The field of tourism is very important in them. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of recreating the historical buildings and textures of Haft region of Mashhad on the development of tourism in this region. The research method is descriptive-analytical and the main tool for data collection is a questionnaire. The statistical population in the present study is the residents of Haft city of Mashhad, which was determined as a statistical sample using the Cochran's formula of 384 people. Findings show that the factors of organizing and transforming defenseless spaces (ranked 28.54), satisfaction with the absence of environmental pollution (ranked 26.80), the existence of new structures in accordance with local and traditional architectural patterns (ranked 26.78), creating Local food fairs (ranked 26.58) have the highest rank and the index of improving the quality of products and shopping facilities and variety of choices (ranked 17.81) has the lowest ranking, affecting the development of tourism in the seventh region. Finally, the results of research on the Haft city of Mashhad showed that the revitalization and reconstruction of its texture and historical monuments are the most necessary infrastructure for tourism development and to achieve tourism development in the historical context of Haft city of Mashhad, long-term plans need to provide infrastructure And changing the short-term perspectives of urban management.The historical contexts of cities, which in most cases form the primary and main core of any city, reflect the past civilization and culture of cities and play an essential role in attracting tourists to these areas. The field of tourism is very important in them. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of recreating the historical buildings and textures of Haft region of Mashhad on the development of tourism in this region. The research method is descriptive-analytical and the main tool for data collection is a questionnaire. The statistical population in the present study is the residents of Haft city of Mashhad, which was determined as a statistical sample using the Cochran's formula of 384 people. Findings show that the factors of organizing and transforming defenseless spaces (ranked 28.54), satisfaction with the absence of environmental pollution (ranked 26.80), the existence of new structures in accordance with local and traditional architectural patterns (ranked 26.78), creating Local food fairs (ranked 26.58) have the highest rank and the index of improving the quality of products and shopping facilities and variety of choices (ranked 17.81) has the lowest ranking, affecting the development of tourism in the seventh region. Finally, the results of research on the Haft city of Mashhad showed that the revitalization and reconstruction of its texture and historical monuments are the most necessary infrastructure for tourism development and to achieve tourism development in the historical context of Haft city of Mashhad, long-term plans need to provide infrastructure And changing the short-term perspectives of urban management.

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