TODIM–VIKOR framework for development potential evaluation of forest health tourism based on the single-valued neutrosophic number multiple attribute group decision making

As a new form of tourism, forest health has gradually attracted the attention of scholars and the public, becoming a new focus of research. There have been many qualitative studies on the product forms and development models of forest health tourism, but there is still a gap in the evaluation indicators and development systems for the development potential of forest health tourism. Using the research results of forest health tourism at home and abroad for reference, we will build an evaluation system for the development potential of forest health tourism, providing new research perspectives and operational practical support for the development of forest health tourism. The development potential evaluation of forest health tourism is a classical MAGDM problems. Recently, the TODIM and VIKOR technique has been employed to cope with MAGDM issues. The single-valued neutrosophic sets (SVNSs) are employed as a tool for characterizing uncertain information during the development potential evaluation of forest health tourism. In this paper, the single-valued neutrosophic number TODIM–VIKOR (SVNN–TODIM–VIKOR) technique is built to solve the MAGDM under SVNSs. In the end, a numerical case study for development potential evaluation of forest health tourism is given to validate the proposed technique. The prime contribution of this paper is managed: (1) the information entropy based on score values are constructed to obtain weight values under SVNSs; (2) an integrated SVNN–TODIM–VIKOR technique is constructed to address the MAGDM issue; and (3) an illustrative example for development potential evaluation of forest health tourism has accomplished to verify the SVNN–TODIM–VIKOR technique.