Abstract:
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).