Categorizing touristic regions is a criterion for determining the centrality, required infrastructures and for adjusting the inequality among regions. However, a lack of scientific and systematic categorization for determining the location-spatial standing of attractive rural tourism centers followed by improper distribution of facilities and equipment are some of the fundamental and obvious shortcomings that exist in the development studies and plans of Iran’s tourism industry, especially in Rasht township. This township enjoys potential capacities for the development of tourism which due to various reasons such as lack of comprehensive studies have not been exploited as expected. Using the EP model, the present research has tried to study the potentials of surrounding attractions, welfare facilities, cultural services, availability and local communities in rural regions and districts located at the research area based on the standing and performance of each. The research method was descriptive-analytical that was applied using the document-field method in 4 rural areas which included Dahaneh Sarshijan, Hajibekandeh, Emamzadeh Hashem and Saravan with the purpose of categorizing and determining the level of rural spaces in terms of developing the tourism industry and achieving research goals. For descriptive statistics, general specifications of the studied villages were collected using questionnaires and after being explained, they were comparatively studied in respective tables. Also, through using this model, the studied villages were categorized and based on the findings, Saravan stood first, Emamzadeh Hashem and Hajibekandeh took the 2nd place and Dahaneh Sarshijan village took the third place in the country’s rural tourism market.