An analysis on role of tourism service in the strategic development plans of Iran

Tourism and the related activities to it assigned in recent half a century, a significant place to own in the farthest parts of world, as many countries of world noticed features and powers of that industry in short-term, midterm and long-term development programs considering it as one of the driving powers of economic growth and development of own urban and rural Settlements. So the special programs have been performed for related problems to tourism in Iran during rule of time governments. So in the present research with using the descriptive and analysis research method, tourism role in the strategic development plans of Iran was examined. As in this study has examined two main parts of these development programs before and after the revolution. The obtained results shows that in the development programs before the revolution mainly the problems related to the residential and hospitality premises have been considered and with reviewing these programs the quantity of the problems related to tourism i.e. construction of residential premises has been considered. But in development programs after the revolution from 1988 until now mainly the cultural, religious and historical tourism have been considered and hotel industry was unpopular and it hasn't been considered as a needed industry of country especially in the economic structure collection, but it was meet as luxury goods. Consequently the heedlessly to tourism caused to face the hotel industry with stagnation. With existing of increasing the number of residential premises in country it wasn't sufficient and it caused many problems and failures in management method of hotels with the high grade, also lack of support and sufficient protection of related organizations caused the crisis and calm in that industry. Sima Hemmati. An analysis on role of tourism service in the strategic development plans of Iran. JAm Sci 2012; 8(11):277-282). (ISSN: 1545-1003).