Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Content -- Geoparks and Geo-Tourism Research in Iran and Neighbouring Countries (Andreas Dittmann ) -- Recent Research and Scientific Studies in Geography at Shahid Beheshti University (Mostafa Momeni ) -- Caspian Tourism - Framework Conditions from an Ecological and Cultural Per-spective (Eckart Ehlers ) -- Content Analysis of Iranian Tourism Websites in Development of Tourism (Mohammad Taghi Rahnemai and Farhad Jafari ) -- Development and Market Trends of Tourism in Iran (Andreas Dittmann and Roozbeh Mirzaei ) -- The Socio-Demographic Factors PAttitudes towards Tour-ism Impacts in Mazandaran, Northern Iran (Roozbeh Mirzaei ) -- Spatial Patterns of Tourism Flows in Iran - A Comparative Study of Pre and Post Islamic Revolution Situations (Esmail Ghaderi ) -- Research on Agricultural Land Use Change in Touristic Areas, Noushahr and Chalous Counties as Case Studies, Northern Iran (Mostafa Ghadami ) -- Iran's Desert Lodges and Sustainable Tourism Development (Mahmood Ziaee and Ashkan Borouj) -- The Role of Women in Geopark Sustainability - Based on Experiences of Pro-moting Ecotourism for Livelihoods through Women Projects on Qeshm Island (Afsaneh Ehsani and Nima Azari ) -- Promoting Nature-Based Tourism Focusing on Tourism Service Chains: A Case Study of the Uckermark Region in Germany (Neda Nouri-Fritsche ) -- Demise of a Nature Reserve and a Tourist Resort, Urmia Lake (Esmail Kahrom ) -- Aral Sea Syndrome and Lake Urmia Crisis - A Comparison of Causes, Effects and Strategies for Problem Solutions (Christian Opp, Julia Wagemann, Sharam Banedjschafie and Hamid Abbasi ) -- Strategic Assessment of Urban Spatial Structure in Touristic Areas - A Case of Mazandaran Province, Northern Iran (Mostafa Ghadami ) -- The Kizilcahamam - Camlidere Jeopark - Establishing the First Geopark in Turkey (Andreas Dittmann ).

Practical Process of Strategic Planning for Development Level of Resort: The Case of Sheshtamad Resort, Northeastern Iran (Seyyed Ali Delbari and Fatemeh Khorrami ) -- Attitudes of Tourism Management Students toward Tourism Jobs in Iran - Ma-zandaran University as a Case Study (Sadegh Salehi and Mokhtar Naeiji ) -- The Impact of Archaeological Museums in Cultural Tourism Development: cal Museum (Ahmad Reza Sheikhi ) -- Evaluating the Quality of Accessibility to Urban Services in Medium Sized Cit-ies - A Case Study of Maragheh, Iran (Sedigheh Lofti, Ayoub Manouchehri and Hassan Ahaar ) -- Cultural Impacts on Indigenous Agamid Lizard Populations in South Asia: The Case of Medical Use of Gekko Gecko (Linnaeus 1758) (Phillip Wagner and Andreas Dittmann ).