The specialized services center of Tourism was established in Dey-Late December, 2015 to enable those active in the Tourism market. This center has tried to promote the quality of service to improve the status and to develop the Tourism industry of the country by establishing relations between the academic section and market of Tourism.

The presence of the R departments of Economics, Sociology, and Administration and Planning of Tourism, which have focused on various aspects of Tourism in their specialized fields is a strong point of the Research Center of ACECR, Khorasan Razavi. Therefore, optimal application of the scientific potential will create an appropriate field for providing specialized services by Tourism-specific service centers.

The range of activities and providing services of this center will first cover the city of Mashhad, the province of Khorasan Razavi, and then, extensively the whole country, according to its growth and development. Identifying the shortages and needs of tourists in virtual and non-virtual spaces of tourist resorts in Mashhad and Khorasan Razavi, is one of the primary goals of this center; hence, offering an appropriate and certain prospect for determining the responsibilities of this center.

Accordingly, providing a knowledge field and better introduction of tourist attractions through maps, booklets, and brochures to tourists, along with providing counseling for the active people and centers in tourism ( travel agencies, hotels, organizations and so on), as well as holding specialized workshops and seminars can be one of the significant factors to help promote the tourism industry of Iran.

The main axes of the center's service provisions are:

Holding educational courses on tourism (short term and long term)

Holding educational workshops on tourism

Performing specialized projects of tourism

Need analysis and potential-detecting projects of tourism

Providing tourism-specific maps

Publication of specialized books

Designing and holding educational tours on tourism (within and outwith the cities)

Designing and holding specialized educational tours (within and outwith cities)

Designing and holding international tours (international exhibits and festivals)

Providing counseling service for attending international events (exhibits and festivals)

Holding specialized seminars and conferences

Designing and holding tourism-specific events

Providing counseling service for holding seminars and conferences

Providing information services to introduce tourist attractions

The Tourism research website (www. itor.ir)

 The scientific- research journal of "Social Studies on Tourism" (www. Journalitor.ir)

Address: the Research Center of ACECR, Oloom Tarbiati intersection, Ferdowsi University Campus, Azadi Square, Mashhad, Iran.

Tel: 98-5138762000