Creation of a side-by-side and consolidated economic activities will improve the livelihoods and economic status of the tribes. Development of Ecotourism could be a response to this need of nomads. This research was conducted in the central Lar region of Alborz mountains. Comparing and prioritizing of nomadic tourism on the indicators of sustainable livelihoods of local communities was the main focus of the study. AHP method was used to question priorities and importance of the indicators. Experienced experts and local people were used to fill in the questioners on sustainable livelihoods influenced by indigenous development in nomadic areas. Also, after prioritizing sustainability criteria and indicators, to compare the average rating of the priorities, mean difference test is used. The results showed that from the expert’s point of view nature and ecological capital with the final weight of 0.35 are most important elements while local users believe that economic investment with the final weight of 0.39 will mostly affected by the development of nomadic tourism. Ranking of indicators show that development of nomadic tourism is at the top and other criteria are in the next rank. Also, the results showed that for 14 indices i.e. environmental pollution, wildlife presence, plant species diversity, tribes trust each other, women's presence and role, employment level, variety of manufactured products, creating marketplaces and access to electricity and telephone, there is significant disagreements. It could be concluded that prior to development of ecotourism in the region, infrastructure’s by economic and cultural means should be built.

Keywords: Tourism, Livelihoods, Nomads, AHP, Lar region

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