Assessing elements of potential tourism resources in a historic city from host community and tourists’ viewpoints: A perspective from Iran

After the inscription of Historic City Yazd on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2017, number visiting tourists increased. This area is a set neighborhoods with unique characteristics. study aimed at assessing both host community’s attitudes towards tourism and destination image tourists' perception, as elements potential resources Fahadan neighborhood Yazd. The present research descriptive-analytical survey was used for data collection different questionnaires distributed among 170 individuals community same tourists. For each, three components were considered to assess resources. extracted from analyzed using SPSS software. findings revealed that “impacts neighborhood” most important component community, “local capacities” In sum, also ranked higher than other five components. According results, inefficiency organizations authorities managing monitoring processes responsible their inability attract despite cultural architectural richness studied positive perception toward tourism.