Strategic planning of ecotourism development in conservation areas in Ilam province (the case of Natural national monument of Dehloran)

Iran is an important part of the tourism potentialities of conservation areas but benefit from these capabilities in order to empower the regions and thus, regional development has taken place in the country, to the extent that the human and environmental pressures, gradually witness the disappearance of these ranges. This requires comprehensive planning tourists through the environmental, economic and social protection for all socioeconomic groups in each region; hence, the present study aims to explain the strategy to develop ecotourism within the conservation of natural national monuments of Dehloran, Ilam Province, using a comprehensive framework strategy. The research in terms of methodology, is a descriptive - analytical and based on objective, functional studies. The population also includes: all experts of Office of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism and Environmental Protection in Ilam province, of whom 30 used judgmental sampling targeted, as were selected. Data collection method is both documentary and field study.
The results show that the indoor tourist destination with more weaknesses than strengths grapple with and in the external environment faced with more opportunities than threats, so the strategy "Conservative / Restoration" based on the maintenance of internal support, in response to these conditions  and have the best capability; also the quantitative strategies, showed that the strategy of "developing sustainable ecotourism development master plan" with a score of 9.43 has the most charm and "developing regulations to protect" with the lowest score of 6.81 is the charm.