Studying the effects of Tourism in the economy, social and cultural development of The Persian Gulf with emphasis on the Iran

In order to plan, develop and manage the tourism industry, factors such as economy, natural and socio-cultural should be considered. Tourism has various positive and negative effects on the environment and on its context. Also, the environment affects the tourism trend. The effects of tourists’ presence in the The Persian Gulf and in the island sections, especially on Kish Island, have a great importance. So their presence in this region will lead to a few economic, socio-cultural, environmental, infrastructural and managerial positive and negative effects. But what is important in this article is that the investigation and analyze of the tourism effects in the status qua of the region has a special condition. The The Persian Gulf region at the moment is the main center of tourism and being the attractive place for tourists in the region and Iran because of having extremely beautiful nature, historical, religious and human made attractions, also because of locating in the special strategic location and neighboring with the Strait of Hormuz. In the present study, a descriptive - analytical method and SWOT technique is used. The results show that the main effects of the tourism in economy, environmental, socio-cultural, infrastructural and managerial context of The Persian Gulf region is lead to special conditions such as improving the quality of local residents life, creating new job opportunities for the sections providing services and goods for tourists in agriculture and industry, revenue increase for the local residents in all economical sections such as services, agriculture and industry, expanding cultural exchange of local residents with tourists and reconstruction opportunities of environment and landscapes in the region.