Wetland Environmental Potentiality and Attracting Tourist; Chaghakhor Wetland, Iran

Tourism industry is a new phenomenon that may be claimed to complement the human existence, also economic productivity seen as a significant role in the development of this particular industry. To visit the destinations, one of the most important factors for attracting tourists would be the quality of the environment. In this matter, eco-tourism as a major field of tourism industry has been seen as a major point for some developing countries with wealthy nature such as Iran. Iran with the area 1,648,195 km2 is surrounded in the North by the Caspian Sea, in the South by the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea. Also in the central zone deserts as well as mountains in the North and North-west are common sights. Wetlands as natural attractions are located in different zones of this country, for instance, Chaghakhor wetland which is located on the Chahar-Mahal and Bakhtiari province. This study seeks to review and estimate the influence of the local condition, including the living and economical conditions of the places visited. A quantitative method was applied by distributing the self-administrated questionnaire, to the tourists visiting the study area as well as to the key stakeholders residing to the mentioned region. The respondents answered in terms of the influence of locals’ living condition as well as their state of economy e.g. their income, occupation, on the tourists’ own decision to visit them between the locals’ living condition and tourists’ decision making, and it is merely the tourists’ attraction that impacts their decision to visit the wetland. Overall, the investigation has decided that an individual’s economical and living condition is the significant factors of attracting national and international tourists to visit these areas.