Impact of ecotourism of Gelyan village on leisure time of Shirvan city’s citizens

摘要

In recent years, tourism as a fledgling and influencing industry in all fields ofdevelopment has had significant impact on strengthening fundamentals of societieseconomic. The role of tourism as a new source of employment, income andstrengthening social infrastructures that in turn will lead to the development of otherindustries has been confirmed in numerous studies. Regarding specialty of a naturalplace such as a giant waterfall is mainly associated with its geographical location; thereis an important relation between geography and tourism. Specialty of a natural placecan help attract tourists and therefor one form of tourism is either natural tourism orexcursion in nature. The Gelyan village in Shirvan city has great natural, cultural andhistorical attractions, capabilities and potentials for industry of tourism and for this thatis why it has had significant share on filling citizens’ leisure time. This research usingthe analytical-descriptive research method and survey considers attractions andpotentials of Gelyan village in the field of tourism development and then presentspractical and executional ways to attract more tourists and filling leisure time of citizensin Gelyan village as well as possible.