The Evaluation of an Organizational Structure of the Islands to Develop Ecotourism and their Change into Tourism Poles through Local Architecture and Environmental Protection Approach

Abstract

Abstract. Ecotourism is a type of tourism that is mainly based on special interests of natural history of an Area. The islands are one of the areas of Ecotourism and tourism development. Island tourism development is a tool that gives islands a new life as well as causing their development. On the other hand, tourism development of the islands will have irreparable damage and losses without having proper planning framework. Therefore, according to capabilities and environmental characteristics of the island, a particular kind or a combination of approaches and strategies have to be used for their tourism development. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the construction of tourist centers with environmental approach in order to recognize the importance of creating welfare facilities for tourist attraction and facilitate their travel. So, after examining the concepts of ecotourism, local architecture ­ and the existing potential ­ of the island, we have tried to assess how an island is capable of becoming a tourism area with minimum damage to the environment ­. Accordingly, SWOT is used to determine the weaknesses, strengths, opportunities and threats in the island ­ and draw conclusion. The findings ­ of the study show that thinking about sustainable development with designing urban space can attract attention and provide local identity, new urban development, youth generation training and more important than all attachment feeling that cause quality promotion of mankind life environment and protect life ability which is final target of urban designing as well as main bases of sustainable urban development.