Allameh Tabataba’i University Tourism Management Studies 2322-3294 13 44 2018 12 22 Analysis of Spatial Effects of Urban Tourism Attractions on Mashhad Tourism Services Analysis of Spatial Effects of Urban Tourism Attractions on Mashhad Tourism Services 1 38 9641 10.22054/tms.2018.9641 FA Mohamad Javad Jamshidi Department of urban planning, Faculty of architecture and urban planning, University of art, Tehran, Iran. Naser Barakpur Department of urban planning, Faculty of architecture and urban planning, University of art, Tehran, Iran. Khalil Kalantari Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. Journal Article 2017 10 14 In recent decades, urban tourism has led to various spatial evolutions in the holy city of Mashhad. Excessive concentration of key actors of Mashhad urban tourism on the potential of religious tourism caused to the lack of optimal attention to the potential of other types of urban tourism. It is tried in this research with a descriptive approach, to study spatial effects of urban tourism attractions on Mashhad tourism services. For this purpose, the spatial data of the Mashhad urban database has been used. The results of this study indicate the significant spatial effects of Razavi Shrine on the spatial distribution of tourism services studied in this study. Compared to the Razavi Shrine, other tourist attractions have had a different effect on the spatial distribution of urban tourism services in Mashhad. In recent decades, urban tourism has led to various spatial evolutions in the holy city of Mashhad. Excessive concentration of key actors of Mashhad urban tourism on the potential of religious tourism caused to the lack of optimal attention to the potential of other types of urban tourism. It is tried in this research with a descriptive approach, to study spatial effects of urban tourism attractions on Mashhad tourism services. For this purpose, the spatial data of the Mashhad urban database has been used. The results of this study indicate the significant spatial effects of Razavi Shrine on the spatial distribution of tourism services studied in this study. Compared to the Razavi Shrine, other tourist attractions have had a different effect on the spatial distribution of urban tourism services in Mashhad. https://tms.atu.ac.ir/article_9641_52d6e65d76b2d29dec9606ccb358e26a.pdf