Government Policies for Ecotourism Development in Mangrove Forests of Iran

Abstract

Ecotourism development in mangrove forests requires comprehensive and detailed plans to consider all aspects of ecotourism development and maintaining of the ecosystem. Ecotourism development in every region has benefits, costs, opportunities and risks. Considering all cases, the need for convenient and accurate way to analyze the situation and take appropriate decisions. However, without careful planning and management that balance ecological, social, and economic objectives, it may lead to environmental damage. In order to achieve a pre-defined process, analytic network process method will use. The quantification using BOCR-interval arithmetic modeling will perform in association with analytic network process (ANP) via consensus of multiple experts. The results of a comprehensive review of the development of ecotourism in mangrove forests showed that development of ecotourism is preferred to non-develop ecotourism. However, there are serious risks on the balance of the ecosystem and environmental hazards.