The current study entitled "The role of tourism in urban sustainable development (City of
Sahneh)" has been carried out. Since the city of Sahneh has set up by various powers in relation to the
tourism industry, the necessity of study got clear. In today's world, the mean of tourists is quite
different from the past, and its economic context has further increased. Now, tourism is seen as an
economic matter, as a result, in its activity should follow a defined objective function. Urban spaces
have considered as manifestation of economic, political, social, and cultural and governments arms.
Kermanshah province and the city of Sahneh, has beautiful and unique nature, with great tourism
potentials. Entering tourists to this city can create dramatic effects on the development of the city's
economy and creation of new job opportunities. The purpose of this study was to study of the
economic impact of tourism in the city of Sahneh and determining the relationship among the role of
tourism, investments and the income of urban residents and creation of job opportunities for urban
residents. Therefore, in order to achieve the goals, analytical-descriptive analyses were used. Along
with, providing theoretical framework of the study to collect data to study the impact of tourism on the
local economy, were performed. The questionnaire included tourists, shopkeepers and merchants
questionnaires and interviews with urban experts, were done for data collection. The results showed
that tourism development have followed different outcomes and economic impacts in the region. The
positive economic impacts of tourism in the region were increasing at the level of income and
employment. It has been observed that information and advertising, providing security to tourists
planning to address urban transport tourists for access to points of interest, were of the most important
factors in the development of urban tourism. To analyze the data Excel software was used.