Investigating the role of observatories in the development of tourism in Iran

nazaninhabibievazi¹ vahidparhoodeh²

1) Master of Science (MSc) in Architecture Attitude of Larestan Azad University, Iran
2) Academic Organization of Larestan Azad University, Iran

IOI Code : XAGA-DHZHB
Publication : 4th.International Conference on Researches in Science & Engineering & International Congress on Civil, Architecture and Urbanism in Asia(4icrsie.com)
Abstract :
    Industrial tourism is a vast, massive and growing business in the world of culture and economics. Tourism embraces almost all aspects of a community. Today, the significance and breadth of this industry has led to the analysis of several phenomena from a tourism perspective. Architecture has always played a major role in tourism. Astronomical tourism is one of the potential attractions for visitors to important places. Where the black sky at night can be enjoyable without contamination of fictitious lights. The observatory for the ancient Iranians was the most timely timer or solar indicator to help them keep track of their year and month. By studying ancient observation sites such as Maragheh and Samarkand, astronomical knowledge in ancient Persia has progressed, and visiting such places is still interesting for many tourists. In this research, we try to first analyze the astronomical tourism and its related literature and then examine samples of observatories in Iran and the world for modeling tourism.

Keywords : architecture astronomy astronomical tourism observation