The study provides a comprehensive approach to evaluating the visual attractiveness of landscapes in the context of a case study from the UNESCO Global Geopark Yangantau. Combining landscape, aesthetic, and ecological evaluation methods, the research develops a GIS-based multi-criteria approach to analyze panoramas. The approach involves the development of functional and information models, the extraction of geospatial data (relief, vegetation, water), and their combination with ArcGIS Pro and Python. Weighted sum model approximates the ultimate visual attractiveness index, enabling planning and sustainable tourism development. The multi-criteria approach enables landscape planning and sustainable tourism development in protected areas through informed decision-making. This study introduces a new method of GIS technology application accompanied by a well-organized multi-criteria evaluation algorithm to calculate vantage point attractiveness. The use of IDEF0 and IDEF1X modeling frameworks enhances automation and visualization of information, providing realist instruments in sustainable tourism development and strategic landscape planning.
Alsharif et al. (Fri,) studied this question.