The Role of Regions Economic Conditions in Tourist Attraction: Simorgh City as A Case Study

Today, tourism is one of the most dynamic economic activities and it's the third industry after oil and car industry. Iran is one of the best countries for its national, cultural and historical attractions and for its several thousand years antiquity. It needs new revenue sources instead of oil sources to achieve sustainable development, and it can bring the economy out of a single product by using tourism and available attractions in the best way. Simorgh city in Mazandaran province by having necessary features and capacities to develop tourism industry could provide obtaining income, increasing employment, prosperity and development of Simorgh by extending tourism industry. The purpose of this research is knowing the effective factors in Simorgh's tourism development, To develop this city by using the results of research and planning.

It used inventory and interview to obtain information. Statistic population are experts of this city who working in government offices. 230 people of them are selected by using Morgan and Jersey chart. They were questioned directly in random systematic way. In inferential part, it was used single domain T-test for normal distribution variables and non-parametric binomial test for non-normally distribution variables. The results show the economic and physical situation is inappropriate and the cultural and social situation is suitable to develop tourism. correct management of city with tourism development priority, creating recreations beside the lakes (bower and recreational boats) and creating bower for temporary accommodation of travelers at city incoming were determined as the most important ways to develop tourism in Simorgh city.