Rossana Heshmatipour

The Role of Silk Roads in Tourism Development: Silk Road Museum and Old Caravansaries in Iran with the Aim of Developing Tourism Rossana Heshmatipour

In the end of the 19th century, Ferdinand Von Richthofen , the German geographer and geologist (1833-1905), for the first time used the term Silk Road when explaining the commercial routes linking China to Central Asia and Europe. Thenceforth, researchers understood that the concept implies a complicated reality. The road includes complete networks of routes that played a significant role in various political, social, cultural, aesthetic and religious activities of Eurasia. specific strategic and geographic condition, the Iranian plateau into position for passing of persons with diverse nationalities and cultural. ancient numerous hills and historic sites related to various periods caravansaries particularly important in this pathway , Qazvin Land underscores the importance and necessity of this path is established museum and Silk Road Studies Center for reviews and identifying and setting a new article explaining that it is paid.