Evaluation of Tourism Industry Development Strategies

Iran due to its unique condition in terms of tourist attractionand because of the specific location and a variety of naturalresources and human phenomena, that different regions of thecountry including guilan province has a typical position interms of tourism which attracts a lot of tourists. by itself, ecological,environmental, cultural, historical and religious attractionin the north, we will see more development in the tourismindustry by formulating and scientific solutions and preservationof cultural values and the environment. in this research, a descriptive– analytical approach has been taken in order toachieve mentioned goals. also major sources of tourism areidentified by field and library (book, magazines, relevant document)study and with swot pattern, strengths, weakness,threats and opportunities will be specified and analyzed. thepresent research with fundamental question that whether tourismdevelopment reduces the effects of economic sanctions? basedon this assumption that, the development of tourism can reducethe effects of economic sanctions and we can use tourismindustry as a means to deal with economic sanctions and createemployment opportunities, distribution of income, foreign exchangeincrease, reducing migration, raising the living standard,regional balancing, transferring value to unprivileged area, developmentof rural and urban communities and the cultural andethnic unity for the attainment of national unity.