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Bagheri, M., Shojaei, P & Khorami, M. (2018). A comparative survey of the condition of tourism infrastructure in Iranian provinces using VIKOR and TOPSIS.Decision Science Letters , 7(1), 87-102.
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Zhang, Y. & Murphy, P. (2009). Supply-chain considerations in marketing underdeveloped regional destinations: A case study of Chinese tourism to the Goldfields region of Victoria. Tourism Management, 30, 278-287.
Amiri Aghdaie, S. F. & Momeni, R. (2011). Investigating effective factors on development of tourism industry in Iran. Asian Social Science, 7 (12), 98-109.
Armaghan, S. (2007). Tourism and its role in geography. Islamshahr: Azad university of Islamshahr.
Bayati Khatibi, M., Zeinali, B. & Shojaivand, B. (2015). Survey and analysis of the urban tourism infrastructures’ distribution (case study of the east Azerbayjan province). Geographical space, 15 (49), 213-236.
Boers, B. & Cottrell, S. (2007). Sustainable tourism infrastructure planning: a GIS-supported approach. Tourism Geographies, 9 (1), 1-21.
Bookman, M. Z. & Bookman, K. R. (2007). Medical tourism in developing countries. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chu, M.-T., Shyu, J., Tzeng, G.-H. & Khosla, R. (2007). Comparison among three analytical methods for knowledge communities: group decision analysis. Expert Systems with Applications, 33 (4), 1011-1024.
Dujmovic, M. & Vitasovic, A. (2014). Tourism product and destination positioning. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences. 5 (19), 570-579.
Ebrahimzade, I., Hafez Rezazade, M. & Daraei, M. (2014). Optimized planning and locating of the urban tourism facilities and infrastructures by the application of GIS: case study of Semnan. Geography and Development, 35, 33-48.
Enimola, S. S. (2010). Infrastructure and economic growth: the Nigeria experience, 1980-2006. Journal of Infrastructure Development, 2 (2), 121-133.
Famil Norouzi, H., Sharifi, Sh. & Sheidayi, A. (2015). Evaluation of urban tourism through emphasizing the development of tourism infrastructures and urban competitiveness (case study of Tehran). Urban Management, 39, 369-392.
Garcia, P. J. C. & Rivero, M. S. (2015). Tourism and economic development: analysis of geographic features and infrastructure provision. Current Issues in Tourism, 18 (7), 609-632.
Ghoshal, S. (2013). Soft or hard: infrastructure matters in rural economic empowerment. Journal of Infrastructure Development, 5 (2), 137-149.
Goeldner, C. R. & Ritchie, J. R. (2009). Tourism: principles, practices, philosophies. (11th Edition), New Jersey, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Hall, C. M. & Lew, A. A. (2009). Understanding and managing tourism impacts; an integrated approach. New York, NY: Routledge.
Hall, C. M. & Page, S. J. (2006). The geography of tourism and recreation. (3rd Edition), New York, NY: Routledge.
Hope, K. R. (2010). Infrastructure constraints and development in Kenya: an analytical review. Journal of Infrastructure Development, 2 (2), 91-104.
Jamil, J. & Puad, M. S. (2010). Challenges in managing infrastructure for urban tourism: a comparative study of three Asian cities. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 142, 243-253.
Karami, F., Zeinali, B., Shojaeevand, B. & Omrani, Kh. (2013). Survey and analysis of the unequal distribution of the tourism infrastructures (case study of the province of Golestan). Tourism Studies, 2 (3), 139-159.
Kargar, B. (2007). Urbanization development and tourism industry in Iran (from concept to solution). Tehran: Geographical organization of the army.
Maleki, S. & Mavadat, E. (2014). An analysis of the distribution and prioritizing tourism infrastructure of Yazd province using planning techniques. Journal of Practical Researches in the Geographical Sciences, 14 (34), 47-68.
Mohseni, R. A. (2009). Sustainable tourism in Iran; challenges and solutions. Journal of Geographical Space, 28, 149-171.
Morakabati, Y. (2011). Deterrents to tourism development in Iran. International Journal of Tourism Research, 13, 103-123.
Nallatiga, R. (2015). Assessing infrastructure level and growth performance of Indian states. Journal of Infrastructure development, 7 (1), 76-100.
Opricovic, S. (1998). Multicriteria Optimization of Civil Engineering Systems, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Belgrade.
Opricovic, S. & Tzeng, G.-H. (2007). Extended VIKOR method in comparison with outranking methods. European Journal of Operational Research, 178, 514-529.
Opricovic, S. & Tzeng, G. H. (2004). Compromise solution by MCDM methods: A comparative analysis of VIKOR and TOPSIS. European Journal of Operational Research, 156, 445-455.
Opricovic, S. & Tzeng, G.-H. (2002). Multicriteria planning of post-earthquake sustainable reconstruction. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 17(3), 211-220.
Panasuik, A. (2007). Tourism infrastructure as a determinant of regional development. Ekonomika ir Vadyba: Aktualijos ir Perspektyvos, 1 (8), 212-215.
Pearce, P. L. & Wu, M. Y. (2015). Soft infrastructure at tourism sites: identifying key issues for Asian tourism from case studies. Tourism Recreation Research, 40 (1), 120-132.
Rahimpoor, A. (2008). Study and survey of the status of Iran’s tourism industry in the international market of tourism business. Human Geography, 1 (1).
Rao R. V. (2007). Decision making in the manufacturing environment using graph theory and fuzzy multiple attribute decision making methods. London, UK: Springer-Verlag.
Samadian, A., Hoseini, S. H. & Rauf Ava, M. N. (2009). Role of training in the development of the infrastructures in the tourism industry of Iran. Human Geography, 1 (4), 105-118.
Seetanah, B., Juwaheer, T. D., Lamport, M. J., Rojid, S., Sannassee, R. V. & Subadar, A. U. (2011). Does infrastructure matter in Tourism Development?. University of Mauritius Research Journal, 17(1), 89-108.
Sekaran, U. & Bougie, R. (2013). Research methods for business: a skill-building approach. (6th Edition), New Jersey, NJ: Wiley.
Shamai, A. & Mousavand, J. (2011). Classification of cities of Isfahan province in view point of tourism infrastructure by using TOPSIS and AHP models. Urban- Regional Studies and Research Journal, 3 (10), 23-40.
Sharpley, R. (2008). Planning for tourism: the case of Dubai. Tourism and Hospitality Planning and Development, 5 (1), 13-30.
Soleimani Moghadam, M. & Islami, Q. (2011). The role of accommodation infrastructures in the tourism activities of Rasht. Geographical Perspective, 6 (17), 105-115.
Suleiman, N. N. & Albiman, M. M. (2014). Dynamic relationship between tourism, trade, infrastructure and economic growth: empirical evidence from Malaysia. Journal of African Studies and Development, 6 (3), 49-55.
Strietska, I. O. & Tessaring, M. (2005). Trends and skill needs in tourism. Cedefop, 115.
Thapa, B. (2012). Soft-infrastructure in tourism development in developing countries. Annals of Tourism Research, 39 (3), 1705-1710.
Tribe, J. (2004). The economics of recreation, leisure and tourism. (3rd Edition), Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
Vanhove, N. (2010). The economics of tourism destinations. London, UK: Taylor & Francis.
Walker, J. & Walker, J. (2011.) Tourism concepts and practices; Prentice Hall.
Williams, S. (2009). Tourism geography: a new synthesis. New York, NY: Routledge.
WTTC. (2015). Economic impact of World. Retrieved from: https:..www.wttc.org.-.media.files.reports.economic%20impact%20research.regional%202015.world2015.pdf
WTTC. (2015). Economic impact of Iran. Retrieved from: https:..www.wttc.org.-.media.files.reports.economic%20impact%20research.countries%202015.iran2015.pdf
Yu, M. (2016). Research on the impact of infrastructure construction on tourism industry: evidence from the “Wuhan-Guangzhou high speed rail”. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 4, 126-131.
Zhang, Y. & Murphy, P. (2009). Supply-chain considerations in marketing underdeveloped regional destinations: A case study of Chinese tourism to the Goldfields region of Victoria. Tourism Management, 30, 278-287.