The pandemic of COVID-19 has significantly impacted the tourism industry in worldwide. The main objective of this research was to explore the desire of virtual museums tourists during the quarantine regulation under impact of COVID-19 pandemic. In this light, we considered the four main step of the quarantine lockdown phase in Spain. During these phases the availability of six types of virtual museums were evaluated to figure out the visitors’ interest. The results were obtained by analysing the number and kind of the visits being recorded in the virtual museum’s tours while Spanish inhabitation used to stay at homes for long days, weeks and even months. According to the results, in the zero-quarantine phase, the highest amount of visitors tend to visits the museum parks. While the science museums were received less visits. However, overall results indicated that the reduction of strictures during the quarantine period while the intensity of people's interest were decreased. Based on the results, we conclude that this research makes significant contribution for tourism research and will benefit the decision makers and stakeholders for developing virtual tourism industry further. We also conclude that for new approaches in the post-corona, special attention should be paid to the new interest developed by tourists during the quarantine period.

In this study, an attempt has been made to systematically review the findings of the studies conducted by other researchers in the field of sustainable development studies of cultural tourism using an interpretive approach and a systematic meta-combination method. Then, based on the hidden content analysis strategy, the extracted codes are identified in the form of categories. Finally, the authors present a conceptual model. In this research, valid scientific databases were reviewed, and selected articles were identified using CASP criteria. Based on this, 104 primary codes in the form of 29 categories of primary and secondary categories are identified, and the four central codes are components, effective factors, consequences, and challenges of sustainable development of cultural tourism. Also, a conceptual model of sustainable development of cultural tourism and tourist destinations in need was presented. Finally, the validity of the research results with Kappa Cohen index in SPSS software was confirmed based on the opinions of experts outside the authors of the research with a size of 0.712.

In addition to acquainting the public with the culture of a particular region, cultural tourism creates economic opportunities. Taking into account various tourist sites, museums are definitely among the most important ones. In Iran, the National Museum is one of the most important museums because of its rich collection of historical monuments related to the ancient Persia and Islamic periods. The authors of this article analyse the role of the National Museum of Iran in the development of the country’s cultural tourism. The analysis is based on information obtained from the database of the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization and the National Museum of Iran. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling were employed for data analysis. The results confirm the importance of the National Museum of Iran in the development of cultural tourism.