The Criteria for Developing Cultural Tourism

In this paper we address the results of a research about the criteria for developing architectural infrastructures in heritage sites. We have extracted several features from principles of the ICOMOS Charters as a framework for evaluating built infrastructures. Our major focus was new buildings adjacent to heritage sites such as museums; furniture and fixtures such as information boards; architectural elements like temporary floors; utilities or service places such as parking. We have evaluated several world and national heritage sites such as Persepolis; Bisotun; Meidan e Emam, Isfahan, etc., based on the extracted features as part of educational program for students of architecture and conservation.