Spatial Analysis and Locating Hotels in Urban Structure (Case Study: Tabriz City)

Authors

1 Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

2 Geography and Planning University of Guilan

Abstract

Tabriz city due to its geographical location has historically been one of the most attractive places for tourists in the field of economic, social, cultural, leisure, etc., both in the internal and external domain. For this reason, attention to residential infrastructures is one of the most important necessities of tourism development in the city. Despite the central role of the hotel's location in urban landscapes as well as the structure of modern urban tourism, this area has been less studied by both researchers in both urban studies and tourism studies. For this purpose, in this paper, applied and descriptive analytical method in the form of AHP and GIS compilation model has been applied to spatial analysis and location of hotels in Tabriz city. The results of research have shown that the zoning spatial pattern of suitable and appropriate places for hotels in Tabriz is close to the main tourist attractions of the city which this pattern followed by this trend is further reduced by the distance from the city center due to the increased density of incompatible land-uses in distant regions.

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